Homeboy (1988)
1988 film by Michael Seresin
- Released
- 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Michael Seresin
- Screenplay
- Mickey Rourke
- Producer
- Elliott Kastner
- Music
- Eric Clapton
- Cinematography
- Gale Tattersall
- Editing
- Ray Lovejoy
- Starring
- Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Conway, Jon Polito, Willy DeVille, Rubén Blades
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Distributor
- Starz Entertainment, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the role of self-destructive cowboy/boxer Johnny Walker. Christopher Walken also stars as Walker's slightly corrupt promoter who encourages him to fight while hiding from him the fact that one more punch in the wrong place would kill him. The film was briefly released in some theatres in 1988 by TriStar through their distribution deal with Carolco, but was more widely seen on home video shortly after. Lionsgate reissued it on DVD on September 1, 2009. Shout Factory released the film on Blu-ray in 2020.
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Facts from Wikidata Q1625964 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.