The Boy That Never Was
When Dillon’s father Harry races back to their tiny apartment to rescue his child, the apartment is in rubble and there is no sign of his son. Three years later, thousands of miles away in Dublin, Harry spots a six-year-old boy in a crowd and is convinced he is Dillon. Desperate to find his son, Harry’s obsession tears apart his marriage to Robin, exposing shameful secrets that lead to the truth of what happened to their son on the night he went missing.
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11 unique people credited
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Colin Morgan
as Harry Lonergan
Toni O Rourke
as Robin Lonergan
Kerr Logan
as Ollie
Mansour Badri
as Fadoul Kadiri
Colin Forman
as 4 episodes
Kelly Campbell
as Woman in Train Station
Simon Callow
as Cozimo
Emily O Neill
as Dillon
John O Neill
as Dillion (Age 6)
Cillian O Sullivan
as Dave Garrick
Soumaya Akaaboune
as Alia
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