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Borstal Boy
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Borstal Boy

Mar 22, 2001
1h 31m
★ 6.3

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dakota Films
Hell's Kitchen

Cast

Shawn Hatosy

Brendan Behan

Shawn Hatosy

Danny Dyer

Charlie Milwall

Danny Dyer

Robin Laing

Jock

Robin Laing

Ian McElhinney

Verreker

Ian McElhinney

Eva Birthistle

Liz Joyce

Eva Birthistle

Mark Huberman

Mac

Mark Huberman

Lee Ingleby

Dale

Lee Ingleby

Ronnie Drew

Customs man

Ronnie Drew

Eamon Glancy

Manning

Eamon Glancy

Dennis Conway

Holmes

Dennis Conway

Patricia Leventon

Landlady

Patricia Leventon

John O'Toole

Whitbread

John O'Toole

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