Danny Boy

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.

6.8

90 min

Cast

Anthony Boyle

as Brian Wood

Toby Jones

as Phil Shiner

Leah McNamara

as Lucy Wood

Alex Ferns

as Gavin Wood

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

as Patrick O'Connor

Sarah Niles

as Stella Marshall

Kiran Sonia Sawar

as Deena Aayari

Emma Lowndes

as Sgt Gail Lennox

Oaklee Pendergast

as Young Brian

Pauline Turner

as Margaret Wood

Tommy Finnegan

as Bailey Wood

Spike Leighton

as Rushforth

Joel Morris

as Falconer

Matt Beauman-Jones

as High Ranking Military Officer

Nima Taleghani

as Mazin

Paul Blackwell

as Police

Layo-Christina Akinlude

as Ellen Chambers

Rachid Sabitri

as Hussein

Emmanuel Imani

as Spud Tatawaqa

Director

Sam Miller