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The Boxer
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Synopsis
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
- Directed by
- Jim Sheridan
- Written by
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Danny Flynn
Emily Watson
Maggie Hamill
Brian Cox
Joe Hamill
Ken Stott
Ike Weir
Gerard McSorley
Harry
David Hayman
Joe Hamill's Aide
Kenneth Cranham
Matt MaGuire
Lorraine Pilkington
Bride
Niall Shanahan
Groom
John Wall
Priest
Maria McDermottroe
Betty
Eleanor Methven
Patsy
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam
Paul Ronan
Eddie's Cornerman
Liam Carney
Mr. Walsh
Veronica Duffy
Mrs. Walsh
Details
- Released
- December 31, 1997
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Box office
- $16,534,578
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