The Boxer

Release Date:

Dec 19, 1997

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:53

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Jim Sheridan

Cast:

Daniel Day-Lewis	Danny Flynn
Emily Watson	Maggie
Brian Cox	Joe Hamill
Ken Stott	Ike Weir
Gerard McSorley	Harry
Eleanor Methven	Patsy
Ciaran Fitzgerald	Liam
David McBlain	Sean
Damien Denny	Eddie Carroll
Clayon Stewart	Akim
Kenneth Cranham	Matt MaGuire

Producers:

Arthur Lappin , Jim Sheridan

Writers:

Jim Sheridan, Terry George

Language:

English

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Rising teen boxer and Belfast native Danny Flynn was imprisoned for 14 years after getting involved with the Irish Republican Army. Newly freed from jail in his early 30s, Danny returns home and attempts to put his life back together. Reopening his neighborhood gym and reconnecting with his lost love, Maggie, now a single mother while her husband is in prison, Danny battles against his former IRA compadres, including the militant Harry .

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