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.


Borstal Boy (2001)
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Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan

Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall

Robin Laing
Jock

Ian McElhinney
Verreker

Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce

Lee Ingleby
Dale

Ronnie Drew
Customs man
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Eamon Glancy
Manning
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