Main Cast: Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, David Naughton, Sean Sullivan
Release Year: 1986
Country: CA
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
To fully appreciate Boy in Blue, it's helpful to know a little bit about the sport of "sculling"-or competitive rowing. Nicolas Cage stars as the real-life Ned Hanlan, who at the turn of the century was Canada's foremost sculling champ. A wild, uncontrollable youth, Hanlan is "adopted" by a gambler named Bill (David Naughton), who promotes the boy on the sculling circuit for his own monetary gain. Ruthlessly businessman Knox (Christopher Plummer) assumes control of Hanlan's career, but when Ned discovers just how ruthless Knox can be, he casts his lot with the first honest man he's met, inventor-speculator Walter (Sean Sullivan). Hanlan's professional success is capped by his marriage to Margaret (Cynthia Dale), Knox's previously unattainable niece. The by-the-numbers Boy in Blue was given an R rating due to a few disposable sex scenes, thereby cutting its potential audience (hero-worshipping youths) in half. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Melody Anderson - Dulcie; James Douglas - Collins; Walter Massey - Mayor; Austin Willis - Bainbridge; Philip Craig - Kinnear; Kim Coates - McCoy Man No. 2; Aidan Devine - Junior Cop; Arthur Grosser - Bookie; Gordon Masten - Toad; Michel Perron - Hanlon Man No. 2; Jeff Wincott - Riley; Phil Neilson - 2nd Brahmin; Claude Rae - Boston Bettor; Dan Hennessy - American Reporter; Doug Lennox - Knox's Pug; Ted Dykstra - Hanlon Man No. 1; Bob Bainborough - Boston Betting Clerk; Germain Beauchamp - Photographer; Barry Edward Blake - Philly Thug; Robert Buck - English Thug; John Cain - Aussie; Ian D. Clark - Aussie No. 1; Paul Craig - English Judge; Dave de Sanctis - Philly Thug; Jain Dickson - Suffragette; Teddy Donville - Betting Runner; John Dunn-Hill - Riley Tout; James Edmond - Chairman; Anne Farquhar - High Class Girl; Eric Fink - Hawker for Dr. Morse; Graham Haley - Aussie; Ian Heath - Boy on Steamer; Diane Hollingsworth - Alley Tart; Gerald Isles - Butler; Geordie Johnson - Bothwell; Graham MacDready - Aussie; Don MacQuarrie - Temp Leader; Doris Malcolm - Aunt Geri; Robert McCormick - Trickett; Bruce McFee - Ship Steward; Gorman Miller - Hanlon Fan; Peter Peer - Prison Turnkey; Ken Rogers - Philly Thug; Elizabeth Rukavina - Philly Barmaid; Patrick Sinclair - Philly Referee; Greg Swanson - Oscar Hale; Brian Thorne - Plaisted; Lee-Max Walton - Urchin; Tim Weber - Cooney; George E. Zeeman - Cop; Roger McKeen - McCoy Man No. 1
Credit
John Hay - Costume Designer, Charles Jarrott - Director, Rit Wallis - Editor, Roger Webb - Composer (Music Score), Brigitte McCaughry - Makeup, William Beeton - Production Designer, Pierre Mignot - Cinematographer, Denis Heroux - Producer, John Kemeny - Producer, Steven North - Producer, Jean Baptiste Tard - Set Designer, Daniel Latour - Sound Editor, Don White - Sound Editor, Dave Appleby - Sound Editor, Douglas Bowie - Screenwriter
