Borstal Boy
As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
91 mins
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.
Peter Sheridan
Writer
Brendan Behan
Author
Nye Heron
Writer
Peter Sheridan
Director
Judy Counihan
Co-Producer
Pat Moylan
Producer
Arthur Lappin
Producer
Nye Heron
Producer
Paul Myler
Line Producer
Ciarán Tanham
Director of Photography
Crispian Sallis
Production Design
Michael Higgins
Art Direction
Marie Tierney
Costume Design