Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy

91 mins | Drama | March 22, 2001

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.

Borstal Boy

91 mins | Drama | March 22, 2001

Borstal Boy
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Hell's Kitchen Films, Dakota Films
Original title Borstal Boy
Directors Peter Sheridan
Writers Nye Heron, Brendan Behan, Peter Sheridan

Cast

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

Arthur Riordan

as Liberian