Borstal Boy
22/03/2001
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.
Movie Information
Shawn Hatosy
as Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
as Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
as Jock
Ian McElhinney
as Verreker
Eva Birthistle
as Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
as Mac
Lee Ingleby
as Dale
Ronnie Drew
as Customs man
Eamon Glancy
as Manning
Dennis Conway
as Holmes
Patricia Leventon
as Landlady
John O'Toole
as Whitbread
Luke Hayden
as Alex
Michael York
as Joyce
Mark Lambert
as Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
as James
Owen Sharpe
as Albert
Viko Nikci
as Jerzy
Lukas Hassel
as Kydd
Arthur Riordan
as Liberian
