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.
Borstal Boy
“As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.”
Overview
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.
Director
Peter Sheridan
Budget
100.0K
Revenue
87.4K
Status
Released
Production
Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
Cast
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
Eamon Glancy
Manning
Dennis Conway
Holmes
Patricia Leventon
Landlady
John O'Toole
Whitbread
Luke Hayden
Alex
Michael York
Joyce
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
James
Owen Sharpe
Albert
Viko Nikci
Jerzy
Lukas Hassel
Kydd
Arthur Riordan
Liberian
Brian de Salvo
Judge Goddard
Jer O'Leary
Republican in Court
Joe Taylor
Mortimer
Tony Coleman
Cragg
Luke Griffin
Miller
Garret Deady
Borstal Boy
Darren Donohue
Borstal Boy
William Fitzpatrick
Borstal Boy
David Hynes
Borstal Boy
Keith Murtagh
Borstal Boy
Jim Byrne
Parson
Trevor Hanly
Soldier
Gerry Browne
Sentry
Gerald Davis
Rabbi
Robert Price
First Lieutenant
Barry Dobson
Priest (uncredited)
David Johnston
IRA man (uncredited)
Rita Marie Lawlor
Prostitute (uncredited)
Video Gallery
BORSTAL BOY Official Film Trailer
