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Borstal Boy (2001)
As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
91 minDrama
TMDb6.2/1052 votes
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.
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
Director: Peter Sheridan
Cast
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
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Eamon Glancy
Manning
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Dennis Conway
Holmes
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Patricia Leventon
Landlady
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John O'Toole
Whitbread
Luke Hayden
Alex
Michael York
Joyce
Keywords
Plot:homophobiabullyingcoming of agecross dressingaccidental deathira (irish republican army)based on memoir or autobiographyteenage boynorfolkborstalgay themegay teenager
Time:1940s
Place:liverpool, englandreform school
