The Butcher Boy

Directed by Neil Jordan
1998    1h 50m    R
Comedy, Drama
7.177%82%
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Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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Cast of The Butcher Boy
  • Eamonn OwensFrancie Brady
  • Alan BoyleJoe Purcell
  • Fiona ShawMrs. Nugent
  • Stephen ReaDa Brady
  • Ian HartUncle Arlo
  • Peter GowenLeddy
  • Sean McGinleySergeant
  • Aisling O'SullivanMa Brady
  • John KavanaghDr. Boyd
  • Andrew FullertonPhillip Nugent
  • Rosaleen LinehanMrs. Canning
  • Anita ReevesMrs. Coyle
  • Sinéad O'ConnorOur Lady/Colleen
  • Brendan GleesonFather Bubbles
  • Milo O’SheaFather Sullivan
  • Niall BuggyFather Dom
  • Ardal O'HanlonMr Purcell
  • Tom HickeyGardener
  • Gina MoxleyMary
  • Joe PilkingtonCharlie McGlone
  • Anne O'NeillMrs McGlone
  • John OlohanMr Nugent
  • Mikel MurfiButtsy
  • Brendan ConroyDevlin
  • Jer O'LearyDublin Man
  • Pat LeavyDublin Cafe Woman
  • Janet MoranDublin Shopkeeper
  • Paraic BreathnachMan on Tractor
  • Gregg FitzgeraldBogman #1
  • John FineganBogman #2
  • Gavin KeltyBogman #3
  • Eoin ChaneyBogman #4
  • Tony RohrBogman in Mental Hospital
  • Dermot HealyBogman in Hospital
  • Sean HughesPsychiatrist #1
  • Gerard McSorleyPsychiatrist #2
  • Birdy SweeneyMan in Well
  • Ronan WilmotPoliceman
  • Pat McCabeJimmy the Skite
  • Marie MullenMrs Thompson
  • Macdara Ó FáthartaAlien Priest
  • Stuart GrahamPriest at College
  • Vinnie McCabeDetective
  • Áine McEneaneyGirl in Shooting Gallery
  • Siobhan McElvaneyGirl in Shooting Gallery
  • Paolo TullioMr Caffolla
  • Ciarán OwensBoy in Fountain
  • Shane O'ConnorBoy in Fountain
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