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Borstal Boy (2001)

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

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.

Release: 2001-03-22
Runtime: 91 min
Rating: 6.143 / 10
Cast
Shawn Hatosy
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
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
Luke Hayden
Alex
Michael York
Michael York
Joyce
Mark Lambert
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
Eoin Slattery
James
Owen Sharpe
Owen Sharpe
Albert
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Viko Nikci
Jerzy