Shiner

A shady boxing promoter decides to make a bid for the big time by managing his son’s career in the sport. However, he cannot resist setting up a host of illegal bets, ending in tragedy when the young fighter loses and is subsequently killed. The broken-hearted dad seeks a violent revenge., Billy “Shiner” Simpson is a man who has spent much of his life making a living by skirting the law, but he thinks he may finally have a legitimate path to the big time managing his son Eddie, an up-and-coming boxer nicknamed “Golden Boy.” Eddie is set to fight an American champion in a prizefight, and Billy is convinced Eddie can’t lose. Even after Billy’s daughter Georgie tips off the cops that he has been staging illegal underground brawls, Billy is able to convince the police not to arrest him until after Eddie’s big bout., Michael Caine shines in this tense drama as a savvy and smarmy British boxing promoter who’s anticipating the biggest match of his career. But he may have to throw in the towel when his best fighter—his own son (Matthew Marsden)—gets cold feet, and the police begin to investigate his decidedly shady past. Martin Landau, Derrick Harmon, Frances Barber, Frank Harper., A minor-league criminal suddenly finds himself in deep trouble in this thriller. Billy “Shiner” Simpson (Michael Caine) is a man who has spent much of his life making a living by skirting the law, but he thinks he may finally have a legitimate path to the big time managing his son Eddie (Matthew Marsden), an up-and-coming boxer nicknamed “Golden Boy.” Eddie is set to fight an American champion in a prizefight, and Billy is convinced Eddie can’t lose. Even after Billy’s daughter Georgie (Frances Barber) tips off the cops that he has been staging illegal underground brawls, Billy is able to convince the police not to arrest him until after Eddie’s big bout. But Eddie loses in the second round, and Billy flees the arena with his son in tow. Billy and Eddie are followed by a gunman who shoots and kills the young fighter, and a distraught Billy becomes convinced someone got to Eddie and forced him to take a dive. As Billy tries to avoid both the law and the bookies with money on Eddie, he challenges a number of people he believes might know what really happened, including Eddie’s coach Vic (Gary Lewis), the down-on-his-luck American promoter Frank Speeding (Martin Landau), Mel (Andy Serkis), one of Billy’s henchmen (who can’t say where he was when Eddie was killed), and Georgie and her husband., The small time criminal and boxing promoter Billy “Shiner” Simpson pins all his hopes on his 20 year old son Eddie who’s an up and coming boxer carrying the nickname “Golden Boy”. Eddie is set to fight an American champion in a prize-fight and Billy bets all his money on Eddie. The outcome however, results in some far reaching consequences., Downbeat thriller about a small-time hood who goes on the run with his boxer son after a bout goes wrong. Hoping to turn legit, the man decides to manage his boxer son, but when a sure win turns sour, he and the fighter go on the run from the police and the bookies he owes money too. When the son is shot dead, the distraught hood sets out to look for some answers., Michael Caine, in a sadly underrated performance, plays Billy ‘Shiner’ Simpson, an ambitious boxing promoter who’s lined up his son (Matthew Marsden) for a world title bout. However, when the fight ends with violent death, Billy is on the run from the law while searching for those responsible for the murder in John Irvin’s street-tough film.