--- title: 'Lamb (1985)' type: 'film' director: 'Colin Gregg' released: '1985-01-01' runtime_minutes: 110 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lamb-1985' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091375/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Lamb (1985) 1985 · 110 min · Drama · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Lamb is a 1986 drama film directed by Colin Gregg from a screenplay by Bernard MacLaverty and starring Liam Neeson, Ian Bannen, and Hugh O'Conor in his film debut. Based on the MacLaverty's 1980 novel, it tells the story of a young, conflicted Christian Brother (Neeson) who works at a boys' reform school, and becomes a surrogate father to the institution's most troubled member. The musical score was written by Van Morrison. ## Credits - **Director:** [Colin Gregg](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-gregg) - **Screenplay:** [Bernard MacLaverty](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-maclaverty) - **Original Music Composer:** [Van Morrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-morrison) - **Director of Photography:** [Michael Garfath](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-garfath) ## Cast - [Nigel Humphreys](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-humphreys) - [Harry Towb](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-towb) - [Ronan Wilmot](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronan-wilmot) - [Eileen Kennally](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-kennally) - [Stuart O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-o-connor) - [Ian McElhinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcelhinney) - [Frances Tomelty](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-tomelty) - [David Gorry](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-gorry) - [Lorna Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorna-ellis) - [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen) - [Andrew Pickering](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-pickering) - [Liam Neeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-neeson) as Michael Lamb - [Hugh O'Conor](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-o-conor) - [Dudley Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-sutton) - [Denis Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-carey) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lamb-1985 Film facts: Wikidata (Q6481017); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.