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The Boy in Blue

5.019861h 40mRMovieDrama

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling…

DirectorCharles Jarrott
WriterDouglas Bowie
ProducersJohn Kemeny·Steven North

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Cast · Directed by Charles Jarrott

NCNicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Ned Hanlan
CDCynthia Dale
Cynthia Dale
Margaret
CPChristopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer
Knox
DNDavid Naughton
David Naughton
Bill
SS
Sean Sullivan
Walter
MAMelody Anderson
Melody Anderson
Dulcie
JDJames B. Douglas
James B. Douglas
Collins
WMWalter Massey
Walter Massey
Mayor
AWAustin Willis
Austin Willis
Bainbridge
PCPhilip Craig
Philip Craig
Kinnear
JWJeff Wincott
Jeff Wincott
Riley
BBBob Bainborough
Bob Bainborough
Boston Betting Clerk

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