Borstal Boy

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

6.1(49)

2001

1h 31m

3.7(87)

Drama

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Overview

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.