Boy Soldier (1987)

7.5/10 99 min Drama

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."

Cast

Richard Lynch

Wil Thomas

Emer Gillespie

Deirdre

Bernard Hill

Officer

Dafydd Hywel

Sergeant Crane

Robert Pugh

RSM

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