Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy
Drama

Borstal Boy

As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.

6.2(52 votes)·2001 91m·EN· United Kingdom

Directed by Peter Sheridan

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.

TMDB

6.2/10

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Director

Peter Sheridan

Studios

Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen

Budget

$0.1M

Revenue

$0.1M

Cast

Shawn Hatosy

Brendan Behan

Danny Dyer

Charlie Milwall

Robin Laing

Jock

Ian McElhinney

Verreker

Eva Birthistle

Liz Joyce

Mark Huberman

Mac

Lee Ingleby

Dale

Ronnie Drew

Customs man

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Eamon Glancy

Manning

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Dennis Conway

Holmes

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Patricia Leventon

Landlady

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John O'Toole

Whitbread

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