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Danny Boy

Danny Boy

20216.81h 30m

Overview

Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.

Directed by Sam Miller
Written by Robert Jones
Produced by Simon Lewis
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Top Cast

Anthony Boyle

Anthony Boyle

Brian Wood

Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Phil Shiner

Leah McNamara

Leah McNamara

Lucy Wood

Alex Ferns

Alex Ferns

Gavin Wood

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Patrick O'Connor

Sarah Niles

Sarah Niles

Stella Marshall

Kiran Sonia Sawar

Kiran Sonia Sawar

Deena Aayari

Emma Lowndes

Emma Lowndes

Sgt Gail Lennox

Oaklee Pendergast

Oaklee Pendergast

Young Brian

Pauline Turner

Pauline Turner

Margaret Wood

Themes & Keywords

united kingdomwar crime

About Danny Boy

Danny Boy is a drama, war, tv movie film released in 2021 exploring themes of united kingdom, war crime. Directed by Sam Miller, it stars Anthony Boyle, Toby Jones, Leah McNamara. Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.

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