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Borstal Boy (2001)
Directed by Peter Sheridan
Overview
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Shawn Hatosy | Danny Dyer | Robin Laing | Ian McElhinney | Eva Birthistle | Mark Huberman | Lee Ingleby | Ronnie Drew | Eamon Glancy | Dennis Conway | Patricia Leventon | John O'Toole | Luke Hayden | Michael York | Mark Lambert