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The Boxer

Love is always worth fighting for.

1997 · R · 1h 54m

Directed by Jim Sheridan

6.7

TMDB audience score
326 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Maria McDermottroe
    Betty

  • Eleanor Methven
    Patsy

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald
    Liam

  • Paul Ronan
    Eddie's Cornerman

  • Liam Carney
    Mr. Walsh

  • Veronica Duffy
    Mrs. Walsh

  • Des Braiden
    Mr. Orr

  • Joan Brosnan Walsh
    Mrs Orr