Movie

The Boxer (1979)

• January 1, 1979
• 50m

• TV Movie
• Drama

Overview

It's 1975 in Belfast. Jimmy Doherty returns to his home town just having lost a boxing match in Dublin, where he has been living. He awakes in a rundown room and begins to take stock. He finds that things have changed and people have gone. He begins to search for Gerry Mitchell, a figure from his past. He runs into dead ends and in frustration begins to drink. In a bar, he meets two men who tell him they can take him to Gerry...

Director

Brian Drysdale

Writers

Brian Drysdale

Starring

Peter Dickson, Dave Finlay, Colin Lewis