Boys in Brown (1949)
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Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.
- Date of release
- 1949-12-01
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Montgomery Tully
Casting
- Dirk Bogarde — Alfie Rawlins
- Richard Attenborough — Jackie Knowles
- Jack Warner — Governor
- Jimmy Hanley — Bill Foster
- Barbara Murray — Kitty Hurst
- Andrew Crawford — Casey
- Patrick Holt — Tigson
- Thora Hird — Mrs. Knowles
- Michael Medwin — Alf "Sparrow" Thompson
- John Blythe — Bossy Phillips
- Alfie Bass — Basher Walker
- Elspeth March — Mrs. Smith
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Boys in Brown is a 1949 black and white British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley. It was written by Tully based on the 1940 play Boys in Brown by the actor Reginald Beckwith.
Production
The film was shot at Pinewood. Associate producer Alfred Roome called it a "near disaster".
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