Borstal Boy

Name: Borstal Boy
Director: Peter Sheridan
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-03-22
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle

As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.

20011h 31m★ 6.2Dir. Peter Sheridan

Drama

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.