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Borstal Boy

60% | Mar 22, 2001 | Drama

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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Peter Sheridan
Director
Peter Sheridan
Writer

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Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
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Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
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Ian McElhinney
Verreker
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Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce

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