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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.
Theatrical
Mar 8, 2002
Box Office
$87K
Budget
$100K
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 15, 2002
Director
Producers
Studio
Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen
Cast
Full credits →S
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
D
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
R
Robin Laing
Jock
I
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
E
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
M
Mark Huberman
Mac
L
Lee Ingleby
Dale
R
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
P
Patricia Leventon
Landlady
J
John O'Toole
Whitbread
L
Luke Hayden
Alex
M
Michael York
Joyce
M
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
E
Eoin Slattery
James
O
Owen Sharpe
Albert
V
Viko Nikci
Jerzy
L
Lukas Hassel
Kydd
A
Arthur Riordan
Liberian
B
Brian de Salvo
Judge Goddard
J
Jer O'Leary
Republican in Court
