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Borstal Boy (2001)
Directed by Peter Sheridan
“As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.”
Drama · 1h 31m
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
Danny Dyer
Robin Laing
Ian McElhinney
Eva Birthistle
Lee Ingleby
Ronnie Drew
Crew
- Director
- Peter Sheridan
- Writer
- Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron
- Director of Photography
- Ciarán Tanham
- Editor
- Stephen O'Connell
- Producer
- Pat Moylan, Nye Heron, Arthur Lappin
Details
- Release date
- 2001-03-22
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Irish, English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Ireland
- Production
- Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
- Budget
- $100,000
- Box office
- $87,400