Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy (2001)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2001-03-22
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 43 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: British Screen Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • Director: Peter Sheridan
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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 Manning

  • Dennis Conway

    as Holmes

  • Patricia Leventon

    as Landlady

  • John O'Toole

    as Whitbread

  • Luke Hayden

    as Alex

  • Michael York

    as Joyce

  • Mark Lambert

    as Chief Dixon

  • Eoin Slattery

    as James

  • Owen Sharpe

    as Albert

  • Viko Nikci

    as Jerzy

  • Lukas Hassel

    as Kydd
Writing Peter Sheridan Writer
Writing Brendan Behan Author
Writing Nye Heron Writer
Directing Peter Sheridan Director
Production Judy Counihan Co-Producer
Production Pat Moylan Producer
Production Arthur Lappin Producer
Production Nye Heron Producer
Production Jim Sheridan Executive Producer
Production Paul Myler Line Producer
Sound Stephen McKeon Music
Camera Ciarán Tanham Director of Photography
Editing Stephen O'Connell Editor
Production Maureen Hughes Casting
Art Crispian Sallis Production Design
Art Michael Higgins Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Marie Tierney Costume Design

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