The Big Man (1990) on Netflix
Fresh out of prison after the miners' strike, Danny Scoular comes home to a Scottish village with no pit and no work. A pub fight brings him an offer of bare-knuckle boxing.
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Plot summary
Danny Scoular and Beth marry, and years later they have two children. He is a miner on strike and is jailed for six months after he assaults a police officer at a protest. Once he is out, the local mine is shut and he is barred from the job, so the household lives on Beth's wage. In the pub he runs into his old friend Frankie, who has come with Mr. Mason, a man tied to organized crime, hoping Danny will show how well he can fight. Mason's man Billy starts a fight with Danny on purpose to test him, and Danny wins it. Mason pays Danny a large sum to take part in a bare-knuckle fight weeks away. Beth is uneasy and afraid for his safety.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Big Man (1990)
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- The Big Man was filmed in Coalburn, Glasgow and Spain. During filming, the main cast lodged in spare rooms of families in Douglas and Coalburn, and Billy Connolly and Liam Neeson both stayed at Springhill Crescent in Douglas.
