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Boy Soldier(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-01-30
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Time: 1h 39m
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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."
Languages: English, Welsh.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $1,113,537.00
ProductionCompanies:
Cine Cymru
Movie: Boy Soldier
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard Lynch
Wil Thomas
Emer Gillespie
Deirdre
Bernard Hill
Officer
Dafydd Hywel
Sergeant Crane
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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."
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1987-01-30
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