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Released
1986 · FILM

The Boy in Blue

“Every era has its own kind of hero.”

Directed by
Charles Jarrott
Written by
Douglas Bowie
Runtime
100 min
BiographyDramaSport

Synopsis

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Rit WallisShot by Pierre MignotScored by Roger WebbDesigned by William Beeton

Box Office

1986 · Box office

Grossed $276K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$276K

Worldwide gross$276K

US & Canada: $275K — 100% of worldwide · International: $770 (0%)

Opening weekend: $94K — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $135K — 49% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 44 theaters

Also known as

  • Finish – Endspurt bis zum Siegde
  • Nato per vincereit

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