The Boxer

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Daniel Day-LewisDanny Flynn

Emily WatsonMaggie Hamill

Brian CoxJoe Hamill

Ken StottIke Weir

Gerard McSorleyHarry

David HaymanJoe Hamill's Aide

Kenneth CranhamMatt MaGuire

Lorraine PilkingtonBride

Niall Shanahan

Niall ShanahanGroom

John Wall

John WallPriest

Maria McDermottroeBetty

Eleanor MethvenPatsy