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Plot
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.
Writer | Brendan Behan |
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Director | Peter Sheridan |
Actor | Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Robin Laing |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | British Screen Productions |