Borstal Boy (2001)
March 22, 2001
Drama
1h 31m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Peter Sheridan
- Brendan Behan Shawn Hatosy
- Charlie Milwall Danny Dyer
- Jock Robin Laing
- Verreker Ian McElhinney
- Liz Joyce Eva Birthistle
- Mac Mark Huberman
- Dale Lee Ingleby
- Customs man Ronnie Drew
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Keywords
- homophobia
- bullying
- liverpool, england
- coming of age
- cross dressing
- accidental death
- ira (irish republican army)
- based on memoir or autobiography
- teenage boy
- reform school
- norfolk
- 1940s
- borstal
- gay theme
- gay teenager