Borstal Boy

Name: Borstal Boy
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-03-22
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle

As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.

Borstal Boy (2001)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Release date

2001-03-22

Country

United Kingdom, Ireland

Production

Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen

Genre

Drama

Budget

$100 000

Revenue

$87 400

Website

https://www.screenireland.ie/directory/view/44/borstal-boy/archive

Director

Peter Sheridan

Actors

Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle, Mark Huberman, Lee Ingleby, Ronnie Drew, Eamon Glancy, Dennis Conway
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Scenario

Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron

Producer

Pat Moylan, Nye Heron, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan

Operator

Ciarán Tanham

Composer

Artist

Crispian Sallis

Audition

Maureen Hughes, Kerry Barden

Editing

Stephen O'Connell
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Short description

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.