The Bay Boy (1984)
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Kiefer Sutherland won a Genie Award for his performance in Bay Boy. In 1937 Nova Scotia, Donald Campbell (Sutherland) lives with his dirt-poor parents (Liv Ullmann and Peter Donat). His folks hope that Donald will enter the priesthood, but he isn't keen on this. For one thing, he harbors… More Kiefer Sutherland won a Genie Award for his performance in Bay Boy. In 1937 Nova Scotia, Donald Campbell (Sutherland) lives with his dirt-poor parents (Liv Ullmann and Peter Donat). His folks hope that Donald will enter the priesthood, but he isn't keen on this. For one thing, he harbors "unnatural" feelings towards a nun; for another, one of the local priests has made sexual advances towards him. Donald prefers to spend his time with pretty sisters Saxon and Dianna (Leah Pinsent and Jane McKinnon) -- but even this becomes untenable when the boy witnesses a homicidal hate crime committed by the girls' father, police constable Tom Coldwell (Alan Scarfe). It is in this intolerable atmosphere that Donald finally comes of age, which is the point to which the film is leading. Weighed down with an unnecessarily complex script, Kiefer Sutherland comes off quite well in Bay Boy; the other performers -- even the estimable Liv Ullmann -- tend to be one-note stereotypes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Daniel Petrie Sr
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 15, 1985 Wide
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Cast
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Liv Ullmann
as Jennie Campbell
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Kiefer Sutherland
as Donald Campbell
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Alan Scarfe
as Sgt. Tom Coldwell
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Mathieu Carriere
as Father Chaisson
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Peter Donat
as Will Campbell
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Isabelle Mejias
as Mary McNeil
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Peter Spence
as Joe Campbell
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Chris Wiggins
as Chief Charles McInnes
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Stéphane Audran
as Blanche
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David Ferry
as Walt Roach
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Josephine Chaplin
as Marie Chaisson
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Joe MacPherson
as Rory McInnes
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Kevin McKenzie
as Mr. Rankin
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Leah King Pinsent
as Saxon Coldwell
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Tom Rack
as Sol Silver
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Fannie Shore
as Mrs. Silver
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Thomas Peacocke
as Father McKinnon
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Pauline Lafont
as Janine Chaisson
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Robert Taylor
as Paddy O'Neil
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Jane McKinnon
as Dianna Coldwell
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Bob Rose
as Danny McIssac
