Borstal Boy (2001)
As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
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.
- Date of release
- 2001-03-22
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (55)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Peter Sheridan
Casting
- 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
- Eamon Glancy — Manning
- Dennis Conway — Holmes
- Patricia Leventon — Landlady
- John O'Toole — Whitbread
Interesting facts
- Based on: Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Peter Sheridan, based on the 1958 autobiographical novel of the same name by Irish writer Brendan Behan.
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