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Borstal Boy
2001, Mar 22
1h 28m
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.
Directed by
Peter Sheridan
Written by
Nye Heron, Peter Sheridan
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Michael York
Joyce
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Robin Laing
Jock
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lukas Hassel
Kydd
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
Owen Sharpe
Albert
Luke Hayden
Alex
Eamon Glancy
Manning
Dennis Conway
Holmes
Patricia Leventon
Landlady
John O'Toole
Whitbread
Eoin Slattery
James
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