The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy
1998ComedyDrama110 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • Neil Jordan

    Director

  • Neil Jordan

    Screenplay

  • Pat McCabe

    Screenplay

  • Pat McCabe

    Novel

  • Adrian Biddle

    Director of Photography

  • Tony Lawson

    Editor

  • Eamonn Owens

    Francie Brady

  • Alan Boyle

    Joe Purcell

  • Fiona Shaw

    Mrs. Nugent

  • Stephen Rea

    Da Brady

  • Ian Hart

    Uncle Arlo

  • Peter Gowen

    Leddy

  • Sean McGinley

    Sergeant

  • Aisling O'Sullivan

    Ma Brady

  • John Kavanagh

    Dr. Boyd

  • Andrew Fullerton

    Phillip Nugent

  • Rosaleen Linehan

    Mrs. Canning

  • Anita Reeves

    Mrs. Coyle

  • Sinéad O'Connor

    Our Lady/Colleen

  • Brendan Gleeson

    Father Bubbles

  • Milo O’Shea

    Father Sullivan

  • Niall Buggy

    Father Dom

  • Ardal O'Hanlon

    Mr Purcell

  • Tom Hickey

    Gardener

  • Gina Moxley

    Mary

  • Joe Pilkington

    Charlie McGlone

  • Anne O'Neill

    Mrs McGlone

  • John Olohan

    Mr Nugent

  • Mikel Murfi

    Buttsy

  • Brendan Conroy

    Devlin

  • Jer O'Leary

    Dublin Man

  • Pat Leavy

    Dublin Cafe Woman

  • Janet Moran

    Dublin Shopkeeper

  • Paraic Breathnach

    Man on Tractor

  • Gregg Fitzgerald

    Bogman #1

  • John Finegan

    Bogman #2

  • Gavin Kelty

    Bogman #3

  • Eoin Chaney

    Bogman #4

  • Tony Rohr

    Bogman in Mental Hospital

  • Dermot Healy

    Bogman in Hospital

  • Sean Hughes

    Psychiatrist #1

  • Gerard McSorley

    Psychiatrist #2

  • Birdy Sweeney

    Man in Well

  • Ronan Wilmot

    Policeman

  • Pat McCabe

    Jimmy the Skite

  • Marie Mullen

    Mrs Thompson

    • Runtime

    110 minutes

    Released

    1998-02-20

    Languages

    Gaeilge

    English

    Countries

    Ireland

    Studios

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Geffen Pictures

    Sound

  • Elliot Goldenthal

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    671 days ago

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