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.
Cast
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
Eamon Glancy
Manning
Dennis Conway
Holmes
Patricia Leventon
Landlady
John O'Toole
Whitbread
Luke Hayden
Alex
Michael York
Joyce
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
James
Owen Sharpe
Albert
Viko Nikci
Jerzy
Lukas Hassel
Kydd
Arthur Riordan
Liberian
Brian de Salvo
Judge Goddard
Jer O'Leary
Republican in Court
Joe Taylor
Mortimer
Tony Coleman
Cragg
Luke Griffin
Miller
Garret Deady
Borstal Boy
Darren Donohue
Borstal Boy
William Fitzpatrick
Borstal Boy
David Hynes
Borstal Boy
Keith Murtagh
Borstal Boy
Jim Byrne
Parson
Trevor Hanly
Soldier
Gerry Browne
Sentry
Gerald Davis
Rabbi
Robert Price
First Lieutenant
Barry Dobson
Priest (uncredited)
David Johnston
IRA man (uncredited)
Rita Marie Lawlor
Prostitute (uncredited)
Crew
Peter Sheridan
Director, Writer
Nye Heron
Writer, Producer
Brendan Behan
Author
Stephen O'Connell
Editor
Ciarán Tanham
Director of Photography
Andrew Hegarty
Assistant Director
Jill Dempsey
Assistant Director
Raymond Kirk
Assistant Director
Carol Moorhead
Production Coordinator
Jim Sheridan
Executive Producer
Pat Moylan
Producer
Arthur Lappin
Producer
Judy Counihan
Co-Producer
Louise Horgan
Producer's Assistant
Paul Myler
Line Producer
Niall Heery
Production Assistant
Tom Maguire
Production Assistant
Crispian Sallis
Production Design
Darryl Byrne
First Assistant Camera
Kurt Savage
First Assistant Camera
Trudi McHugh
Camera Trainee
Emer Dooley
Post Production Coordinator
Amelia Rowan
Casting Assistant
Maureen Hughes
Casting
Kerry Barden
Casting
Marie Tierney
Costume Design
Lorri Ann-King
Hairstylist
Pamela Smyth
Makeup Designer
Anthony Litton
Sound Effects Editor
Michelle Cunniffe
Sound Mixer
Philippe Faujas
Sound Mixer
Douglas Murray
Sound Mixer
Orla Heverin
Sound
James Seddon
Dolby Consultant
Peter Slater
Boom Operator
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
John Fitzgerald
Foley Mixer
Nikki Moss
ADR Supervisor
Stephen McKeon
Music
Emer Egan
Assistant Accountant
Sarah Gaines
Dialogue Editor
Peggy Brazil
Script Supervisor
John Hand
Carpenter
Paddy McCarney
Location Coordinator
Edmund Sampson
Location Manager
Janette Hamill
Location Assistant
Joe Condren
Stunt Coordinator
Norman Kelly
Stunt Double
Tina Brophy
Property Buyer
Breda Cashe
Property Buyer
Ray Kenny
Assistant Director Trainee
Clare Keogh
Assistant Director Trainee
Adrienne Greenhalgh
Assistant Director Trainee
John McCabe
Assistant Director Trainee
Jessica Drum
Video Assist Operator
Colm Fagan
Key Grip
Richie Egan
Grip
Jo Homewood
Unit Production Manager
Michael Higgins
Art Direction
James Finlan
First Assistant Editor
Maire Doherty
Production Secretary
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