The Boxer poster
Writer Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Director Jim Sheridan

The Boxer

Tagline: Love is always worth fighting for.

Release Date: 1997-12-31

Duration: 114 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Brian Cox
    Joe Hamill
  • Emily Watson
    Maggie
  • David Hayman
    Joe Hamill's Aide
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    Danny Flynn
  • Ken Stott
    Ike Weir
  • Ian McElhinney
    Reggie Bell
  • Gerard McSorley
    Harry
  • Kenneth Cranham
    Matt MaGuire
  • Tom Bell
    Mr Maguire (uncredited)
  • Lorraine Pilkington
    Bride