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Boy Soldier
Boy Soldier

Boy Soldier

Genres

Drama

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A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."

Others

Budget

$1113537

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Welsh

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

30 January 1987

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Richard Lynch

Richard Lynch

Wil Thomas

Emer Gillespie

Emer Gillespie

Deirdre

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Officer

Dafydd Hywel

Dafydd Hywel

Sergeant Crane

Simon Coady

Simon Coady

Quinnell

Dylan Davies

Dylan Davies

Joe

James Donnelly

James Donnelly

Truscott-Jones

Russell Gomer

Russell Gomer

Wright

Terry Jackson

Terry Jackson

Sergeant

Bernard Latham

Bernard Latham

Roberts

Timothy Lyn

Timothy Lyn

Gary

Stephen Lyons

Stephen Lyons

Hotel Manager

Roger Nott

Roger Nott

Captain

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

RSM

Ian Saynor

Ian Saynor

Captain

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