--- title: 'The Boy in Blue (1986)' type: 'film' director: 'Charles Jarrott' released: '1986-01-01' runtime_minutes: 93 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boy-in-blue-1986' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090769/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Boy in Blue (1986) 1986 · 93 min · Drama, History · Canada ## Synopsis The Boy in Blue is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Nicolas Cage. The film, which was written by Douglas Bowie and co-produced by Steve North, John Kemeny, and Denis Héroux, was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The filming took place in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, which was eventually released for North American theatres on January 17, 1986. The story is based on a true story about the life of Toronto sculler Ned Hanlan. ## Credits - **Director:** [Charles Jarrott](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-jarrott) - **Screenplay:** [John Trent](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-trent) - **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-webb) - **Producer:** [John Kemeny](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kemeny) - **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Mignot](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-mignot) ## Cast - [Philip Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-craig) - [Dan Hennessey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-hennessey) - [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage) as Ned Hanlan - [Melody Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/melody-anderson) - [Kim Coates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-coates) - [Sean Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-sullivan) - [Cynthia Dale](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-dale) - [Austin Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-willis) - [David Naughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-naughton) - [Jeff Wincott](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-wincott) - [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer) - [Walter Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-massey) - [Robert McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mccormick) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boy-in-blue-1986 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2015601); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.