Borstal Boy
2000, Film, 91 min, Drama, Romance, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 64
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.
Directed by Peter Sheridan
Cast
- Shawn Hatosy as Brendan Behan
- Danny Dyer as Charlie Milwall
- Eamon Glancy as Manning
- Ian McElhinney as Verreker
- Patricia Leventon as Landlady
- Dennis Conway as Holmes
- John O'Toole as Whitbread
- Luke Hayden as Alex
- Lee Ingleby as Dale
- Brian de Salvo as Judge Goddard
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