Borstal Boy (2001)

Name: Borstal Boy
Director: Peter Sheridan
Released: 2001-03-22
Rating: 6.143
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing, Ian McElhinney, Eva Birthistle

Drama

91 min

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

Plot Summary

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.