Additional information

Title

The Grass Arena

Original Title

nan

Year

1991

Runtime

1 Hour 30 Min

Directors

Gillies MacKinnon

Writers

Frank Deasy, John Healy

Stars

Mark Rylance, Pete Postlethwaite, Lynsey Baxter

IMDb Rating

7.9

Keywords

chess, chess master, playing chess, homeless man, prison

Country

UK

Language

English

Subtitles

English

The Grass Arena (TV Episode 1991)

The Grass Arena is a biopic based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an ultra religious family, with an abusive father, young Johnny soon learns that he has to learn to defend himself. He takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing career over, John takes to the Grass Arena (the park) where he lives with other alcoholics. Things only ge… Read all

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