The Flanagan Boy

The Flanagan Boy

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1953-04-10
Genre:Crime
Duration:81 min
Director:Reginald Le Borg
Actors:Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sidney James, Tony Wright
Production:Hammer Film Productions, Lippert Films

Overview:

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan to murder her husband.

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