The Boxer (1997)
Love is always worth fighting for.
113 min
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.
- Release date
- December 31, 1997
- Country of origin
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
- Box office
- $16,534,578
Trailer
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Danny Flynn
- Emily Watson as Maggie
- Daragh Donnelly as Prison Officer
- Frank Coughlan as Prison Officer
- Sean Kearns as Prison Officer
- Lorraine Pilkington as Bride
- Niall Shanahan as Groom
- John Wall as Priest
- Maria McDermottroe as Betty
- Carol Moore as Wedding Guest
Crew
- Jim Sheridan · Director
- Jim Sheridan · Writer
- Terry George · Writer
- Arthur Lappin · Producer
- Jim Sheridan · Producer
- Gavin Friday · Composer
- Maurice Seezer · Composer
- Chris Menges · Cinematographer
- Clive Barrett · Editor
- Gerry Hambling · Editor
- Nuala Moiselle · Casting director
- Brian Morris · Production designer