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Borstal Boy

2001
Directed byPeter Sheridan
1h 31m

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.

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Shawn HatosyBrendan BehanDanny DyerCharlie MilwallRobin Laing
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Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.2

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