Movies / The Boy in Blue (1986)
Runtime: 100 min
Languages: English
Countries: Canada
To fully appreciate Boy in Blue, it's helpful to know a little bit about the sport of "sculling"-or competitive rowing. Nicolas Cage stars as the real-life Ned Hanlan, who at the turn of the century was Canada's foremost sculling champ. A wild, uncontrollable youth, Hanlan is "adopted" by a gambler named Bill (David Naughton), who promotes the boy on the sculling circuit for his own monetary gain. Ruthlessly businessman Knox (Christopher Plummer) assumes control of Hanlan's career, but when Ned discovers just how ruthless Knox can be, he casts his lot with the first honest man he's met, inventor-speculator Walter (Sean Sullivan). Hanlan's professional success is capped by his marriage to Margaret (Cynthia Dale), Knox's previously unattainable niece. The by-the-numbers Boy in Blue was given an R rating due to a few disposable sex scenes, thereby cutting its potential audience (hero-worshipping youths) in half. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Charles Jarrott | ... |
Writers (1) | Credit |
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Douglas Bowie | ... |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Roger Webb | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Rit Wallis | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Pierre Mignot | ... |
Actors (56) | Credit |
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Aidan Devine | Junior Cop |
Anne Farquhar | High Class Girl |
Arthur Grosser | Bookie (as Art Grosser) |
Austin Willis | Bainbridge |
Barry Blake | Philly Thug #3 |
Bob Bainborough | Boston Betting Clerk |
Brian Thorne | Plaisted |
Bruce McFee | Ship Steward |
Christopher Plummer | Knox |
Claude Rae | Boston Bettor |
Cynthia Dale | Margaret |
Dan Hennessey | American Reporter |
David De Sanctis | Philly Thug #1 (as Dave De Sanctis) |
David Naughton | Bill |
Diane Hollingsworth | Alley Tart |
Don MacQuarrie | Temp Leader |
Doris Malcolm | Aunt Gert |
Doug Lennox | Kane's Pug |
Elizabeth Rukavina | Philly Barmaid |
Eric Fink | Hawker for Dr. Morse |
Geordie Johnson | Andrew Bothwell |
George E. Zeeman | Cop |
Gerald Iles | Butler |
Germain Beauchamp | Photographer |
Gordon Masten | Toad (as J. Gordon Masten) |
Gorman Miller | Harlan Fan |
Graham Haley | Aussie #3 |
Graham Maccready | Aussie #2 |
Greg Swanson | Oscar Hale |
Ian D. Clark | Aussie #1 |
Ian Heath | Boy on Steamer |
Jain Dickson | Suffragete |
James B. Douglas | Collins |
James Edmond | Chairman |
Jeff Wincott | Riley |
John Cain | Aussie #4 |
John Dunn-Hill | Riley Tout |
Ken Rogers | Philly Thug #2 |
Kim Coates | McCoy Man #2 |
Lee-Max Walton | Urchin |
Melody Anderson | Dulcie |
Michel Perron | Hanlan Man #2 |
Nicolas Cage | Ned Hanlan |
Patrick Sinclair | Philly Referee |
Paul Craig | English Judge |
Peter Peer | Prison Turnkey |
Philip Craig | Kinnear |
Phil Neilson | 2nd Brahmin (as Philip Neilson) |
Robert Buck | English Thug |
Robert McCormick | Trickett |
Roger McKeen | McCoy Man #1 (as Roger A. McKeen) |
Sean Sullivan | Walter |
Teddy Donville | Betting Runner |
Ted Dykstra | Hanlan Man #1 |
Tim Weber | Cooney |
Walter Massey | Mayor |