Movie: The Bay Boy

Top 10 Billed Cast

Liv Ullmann
Liv Ullmann

Jenny Campbell

Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland

Donald Campbell

Peter Donat
Peter Donat

Will Campbell

Alan Scarfe
Alan Scarfe

Sergeant Tom Coldwell

Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière

Father Chaisson

Chris Wiggins
Chris Wiggins

Chief Charlie McInnes

Thomas Peacocke
Thomas Peacocke

Father McKinnon

Isabelle Mejias
Isabelle Mejias

Mary McNeil

Jane McKinnon
Jane McKinnon

Dianna Coldwell

Leah Pinsent
Leah Pinsent

Saxon Coldwell

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    A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girlfriend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?

  • Release Date

    1984-09-06

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    5.794

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    English
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