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The Boxer

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The Boxer

Love is always worth fighting for.

6.7

1h 54m

1997

“Love is always worth fighting for.”

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.

Director

Jim Sheridan

Trailer

DramaRomance

prisonsportspoliticsboxerlove

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Cast & Crew

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

as Danny Flynn

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

as Maggie Hamill

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

as Joe Hamill

Ken Stott

Ken Stott

as Ike Weir

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

as Harry

David Hayman

David Hayman

as Joe Hamill's Aide

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

as Matt MaGuire

Lorraine Pilkington

Lorraine Pilkington

as Bride

Niall Shanahan

as Groom

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