Movie
The Boxer
Love is always worth fighting for.
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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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.
More about The 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 PilkingtonBrideCredits
- Directed by
- Jim Sheridan
- Written by
- Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $16.5M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States
Hell's KitchenIreland
