

Boy Soldier
Genres
Overview
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."
Details
Budget
$1113537
Revenue
$0
Runtime
99 min
Release Date
1987-01-30
Status
Released
Original Language
Welsh
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Richard Lynch
Wil Thomas
Emer Gillespie
Deirdre
Bernard Hill
Officer
Dafydd Hywel
Sergeant Crane
Simon Coady
Quinnell
Dylan Davies
Joe
James Donnelly
Truscott-Jones
Russell Gomer
Wright
Terry Jackson
Sergeant
Bernard Latham
Roberts
Timothy Lyn
Gary
Stephen Lyons
Hotel Manager
Roger Nott
Captain
Robert Pugh
RSM
Ian Saynor
Captain
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