The Boy in Blue

IMDb link: 0090769
IMDb rating: 5.3 (1,559 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Sport
Director: Nicolas Cage, Charles Jarrott
Cast: Christopher Plummer, David Naughton, Cynthia Dale and others

Release date: 17 Jan 1986
Release year: 1986
Runtime: 97 minutes
Country: Canada
Keywords: ontario canada, training montage, sculling, canada, blue ribbon, competition, thames river, cheating, sliding seat, class divide

Plot:

Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was one of the first scullers to successfully utilize the "sliding seat."

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