Cynthia Dale in The Boy in Blue (1986)

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Trivia quiz: What is a sculler? Those in the control group who answer that a sculler is an aquatic sportsman who inhabits a single-person water vessel and rows in competition with others of his ilk have probably already seen The Boy in Blue (1986) and have most likely been recommending this Canadian biography of world-champion sculler Ned Hanlan to their friends continuously since that initial viewing. A young, earnest, and often bare-chested Nicolas Cage portrays the obsessively rowing lad. Ned’s victories over bullies, cheats, and natural elements are stunning in themselves, even more so in conjunction with Nic’s popping pectorals.