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The Flanagan Boy |
The Flanagan Boy - 1952 | 81 mins | Drama | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Reginald Le Borg. Producer: Anthony Hinds. Script: Guy Elmes and Richard H. Landau. (from the novel by Max Catto) Cinematography: Walter J. Harvey. Film Editing: James Needs. Art Direction: C. Wilfred Arnold. Makeup Department: Nina Broe and Philip Leakey. Sound Department: Bill Salter. Original Music: Ivor Slaney. |
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The CastBarbara Payton - Lorna Vecchi Frederick Valk - Giuseppe Vecchi John Slater - Charlie Sullivan Sid James - Sharkey Tony Wright - Johnny Flanagan Marie Burke - Mother Vecchi |
Plot SynopsisThe Flanagan Boy featured Tony Wright as Johnny Flanagan, a merchant seaman who wins a fairground booth fight and is persuaded to become a professional boxer by Charlie Sullivan (John Slater), who introduces him to promoter Vecchi (Frederick Valk). Johnny passion for the blonde features of Vecchi’s wife Lorna (Barbara Payton) leads him into an affair with her, and eventually wrecks his career. After Lorna has told Johnny she is pregnant, she persuades him to kill her husband. Later, Johnny is driven to suicide when Lorna admits the pregnancy was a lie. |
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