The Bay Boy (1984)
1h 47m
Running Time
September 6, 1984Release Date
Plot.
A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girl friend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Liv Ullmann
Jenny Campbell
Kiefer Sutherland
Donald Campbell
Peter Donat
Will Campbell
Mathieu Carrière
Father Chaisson
Alan Scarfe
Sgt. Tom Coldwell
Chris Wiggins
Chief Charlie McInnes
Daniel Petrie
Director
Thomas Peacocke
Father McKinnon
Denis Héroux
Producer
John Kemeny
Producer
Isabelle Mejias
Mary McNeil
Jane McKinnon
Dianna Coldwell
Claude Bolling
Composer
Claude Agostini
Cinematographer
Leah Pinsent
Saxon Coldwell
Susan Shanks
Editor
Robert Taylor
Paddy O'Neil
Renée April
Costume Design
Wolf Kroeger
Production Design
René Cleitman
Co-Producer
Susan Cavan
Executive Producer
Paulo De Oliveira
Associate Producer
Arden R. Ryshpan
Casting
Richard Harrison
Art Direction
Frank Jacobs
Executive Producer
Kathy McGuire
Robbie Gallivan
Roy McMullin
Pauline Lafont
Josephine Chaplin
Peter Spence
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 6, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
Filming LocationsNova Scotia, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
The Bay Boy is a 1984 Canadian drama film. It is a semi-autobiographical film based on director Daniel Petrie's experiences of growing up in Glace Bay, a mining town on Cape Breton Island, during the Great Depression. It features the screen debut of Kiefer Sutherland as the film's central character, alongside Liv Ullmann as his character's mother.