Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy (2001)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2001-03-22
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 41 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: British Screen Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • Director: Peter Sheridan
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From 41 Ratings
6.8

Summary

Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.

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  • Shawn Hatosy

    as Brendan Behan
  • Danny Dyer

    as Charlie Milwall
  • Robin Laing

    as Jock
  • Ian McElhinney

    as Verreker
  • Eva Birthistle

    as Liz Joyce
  • Mark Huberman

    as Mac
  • Lee Ingleby

    as Dale
  • Ronnie Drew

    as Customs man
  • Eamon Glancy

    as
  • Dennis Conway

    as
  • Patricia Leventon

    as
  • John O'Toole

    as
  • Luke Hayden

    as Alex
  • Michael York

    as Joyce
  • Mark Lambert

    as Chief Dixon
Directing Peter Sheridan Director
Writing Brendan Behan Author
Writing Nye Heron Writer
Writing Peter Sheridan Writer
Production Judy Counihan Co-Producer
Production Nye Heron Producer
Production Arthur Lappin Producer
Production Pat Moylan Producer
Production Paul Myler Line Producer
Production Jim Sheridan Executive Producer

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