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Borstal Boy

2000·1h 31m·Not Rated
DramaRomance
IMDb Rating
★ 6.8/10
2,701 votes
Metascore
47
Metacritic

Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.

Borstal Boy is a 2000 drama romance movie directed by Peter Sheridan, starring Eamon Glancy, Danny Dyer, Ian McElhinney. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 2,701 votes and runs 1h 31m.

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Director
Peter Sheridan
Stars
Eamon Glancy
Danny Dyer
Ian McElhinney
Shawn Hatosy
Details
2000-12-08
91 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ United Kingdom, Ireland
★ English, Irish Gaelic
Keywords
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