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Borstal Boy

  • March 2001
  • 1hr

    33mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Peter Sheridan,

    Jim Sheridan,

    Starring

    Shawn Hatosy,

    Danny Dyer,

    Robin Laing,

    Ian McElhinney

    ...

    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.