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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Danny Flynn
Emily Watson
as Maggie Hamill
Brian Cox
as Joe Hamill
Ken Stott
as Ike Weir
Gerard McSorley
as Harry
David Hayman
as Joe Hamill's Aide
Kenneth Cranham
as Matt MaGuire
Lorraine Pilkington
as Bride
Niall Shanahan
as Groom
John Wall
as Priest
Maria McDermottroe
as Betty
Eleanor Methven
as Patsy