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Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy

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

6.20 - voted by 52
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 Hatosy

Brendan Behan

Danny Dyer poster

Danny Dyer

Charlie Milwall

Robin Laing poster

Robin Laing

Jock

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Ian McElhinney

Verreker

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Eva Birthistle

Liz Joyce

Mark Huberman poster

Mark Huberman

Mac

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Lee Ingleby

Dale

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Ronnie Drew

Customs man

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Eamon Glancy

Manning

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Dennis Conway

Holmes

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Patricia Leventon

Landlady

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John O'Toole

Whitbread

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Luke Hayden

Alex

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Michael York

Joyce

Mark Lambert poster

Mark Lambert

Chief Dixon