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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1997-12-31
Runtime: 114 mins
Director: Jim Sheridan
Writer: Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: The Boxer
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen
Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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