The Boxer (1997)
Rating: 6.7/10
Duration: 114 min
Director(s): Jim Sheridan,
Description:
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.
Cast
- David Hayman as Joe Hamill's Aide
- Brian Cox as Joe Hamill
- Emily Watson as Maggie Hamill
- Kenneth Cranham as Matt MaGuire
- Ken Stott as Ike Weir
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Danny Flynn
- Gerard McSorley as Harry
- Lorraine Pilkington as Bride
- Niall Shanahan as Groom
- John Wall as Priest
- Maria McDermottroe as Betty
- Eleanor Methven as Patsy
- Ciarán Fitzgerald as Liam
- Paul Ronan as Eddie's Cornerman
- Liam Carney as Mr. Walsh