The Boxer

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis Danny Flynn

Emily Watson Maggie Hamill

Brian Cox Joe Hamill

Ken Stott Ike Weir

Gerard McSorley Harry