The Boxer 1997

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.

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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

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