Feature film — 1997
The Boxer (1997)
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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A high-signal pick with 326 votes.
Universal Pictures / Hell's Kitchen
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Director: Jim Sheridan
On screen
Cast & crew
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
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