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Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the 20th Century Fox, CBC, Regatta Productions, Téléfilm Canada drama flick. The Boy in Blue starring Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, David Naughton has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min. The release date of the movie is January 17th, 1986. The movie received a user score of 51/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 38 active users.
Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world."
