Borstal Boy

Movie
Audience Score
60
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NR 1 hr 33 minDrama
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.
StarringShawn HatosyDanny DyerRobin Laing
DirectorPeter Sheridan
WritersPeter SheridanNye Heron

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:October 15th, 2002 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Jim Sheridan
Production Companies:British Screen Productions, British Sky Broadcasting
Movie Tags:
ira (irish republican army)