Borstal Boy (2001)

Name: Borstal Boy
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-03-22
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle

6.252 votesNRHD1h 31mReleased

Drama

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.

Released: Mar 22, 2001
Director: Peter Sheridan
Writer: Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron
Studio: Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
Language: Irish, English
Budget: $100,000
Revenue: $87,400
Country: United Kingdom, Ireland