Borstal Boy
“As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.”
6.2(54)NR20011h 31mEN
Directed by Peter Sheridan
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.
Details
homophobiabullyingliverpool, englandcoming of agecross dressingaccidental deathira (irish republican army)based on memoir or autobiographyteenage boyreform schoolnorfolk1940s
Budget $100.0KBox office $87.4K
