Borstal Boy
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.
Crew and Cast
Peter SheridanDirector
Shawn HatosyBrendan Behan
Danny DyerCharlie Milwall
Robin LaingJock
Ian McElhinneyVerreker
Eva BirthistleLiz JoyceMark HubermanMac
Lee InglebyDale
Ronnie DrewCustoms manEamon GlancyManning
Dennis ConwayHolmes
Patricia LeventonLandlady
John O'TooleWhitbread
Luke HaydenAlex
Michael YorkJoyce
Mark LambertChief Dixon
Eoin SlatteryJamesOwen SharpeAlbert
Viko NikciJerzy
Lukas HasselKydd
Arthur RiordanLiberian
Brian de SalvoJudge Goddard
Jer O'LearyRepublican in CourtJoe TaylorMortimer
Tony ColemanCragg
Luke GriffinMillerGarret DeadyBorstal Boy
Darren DonohueBorstal Boy
William FitzpatrickBorstal Boy
David HynesBorstal Boy
Keith MurtaghBorstal Boy
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 22 March 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.2 / 10 (54 votes)
Production
- Director
- Peter Sheridan
- Writers
- Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron
- Studios
- Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Ireland
Box Office
- Budget
- $100,000.0
- Revenue
- $87,400.0
- Profit
- $12,600.0 loss
- Return
- 0.9×
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- Irish, English