Borstal Boy (2001)
"As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape."
Title: Borstal Boy
Original Title: Borstal Boy
Release Date: 2001-03-22
Status: Released
Rating: 6.283/10 (from 46 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
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.
Cast
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
