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The Boxer

Love is always worth fighting for.

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 54m

Directed by Jim Sheridan

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 326 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Daniel Day-Lewis

    Daniel Day-LewisDanny Flynn

  • Emily Watson

    Emily WatsonMaggie Hamill

  • Brian Cox

    Brian CoxJoe Hamill

  • Ken Stott

    Ken StottIke Weir

  • Gerard McSorley

    Gerard McSorleyHarry

  • David Hayman

    David HaymanJoe Hamill's Aide

  • Kenneth Cranham

    Kenneth CranhamMatt MaGuire

  • Lorraine Pilkington

    Lorraine PilkingtonBride

  • Niall ShanahanGroom

  • John WallPriest

  • Maria McDermottroe

    Maria McDermottroeBetty

  • Eleanor Methven

    Eleanor MethvenPatsy

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Ciarán FitzgeraldLiam

  • Paul Ronan

    Paul RonanEddie's Cornerman

  • Liam Carney

    Liam CarneyMr. Walsh

  • Veronica DuffyMrs. Walsh

  • Des Braiden

    Des BraidenMr. Orr

  • Joan Brosnan WalshMrs Orr

Director
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Jim Sheridan and Terry George
Music
Maurice Seezer and Gavin Friday
Cinematography
Chris Menges