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The Boxer

  • 1997
  • TMDB 6.7/10
  • 1h 54m

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.

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Overview

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

  • Daniel Day-LewisDanny Flynn
  • Emily WatsonMaggie Hamill
  • Brian CoxJoe Hamill
  • Ken StottIke Weir
  • Gerard McSorleyHarry
  • David HaymanJoe Hamill's Aide
  • Kenneth CranhamMatt MaGuire
  • Lorraine PilkingtonBride

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