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The Boy in Blue

4.9 100 mins Drama   1986
20th Century Fox   CBC   Regatta Productions   Téléfilm Canada  
Director(s): Charles Jarrott

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 circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.

Casts of The Boy in Blue

Nicolas Cage

as Ned Hanlan

Cynthia Dale

as Margaret

David Naughton

as Bill

Sean Sullivan

as Walter

Melody Anderson

as Dulcie

James B. Douglas

as Collins

Walter Massey

as Mayor

Austin Willis

as Bainbridge

Philip Craig

as Kinnear

Jeff Wincott

as Riley

Bob Bainborough

as Boston Betting Clerk

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