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Cast
Shawn Hatosy | As: Brendan Behan | |
Danny Dyer | As: Charlie Milwall | |
Robin Laing | As: Jock | |
Ian McElhinney | As: Verreker | |
Eva Birthistle | As: Liz Joyce |
Storyline
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.
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Certification: | NR |
Details
Genres: Drama
Language: English, Gaeilge
Release Date: 22 March 2001
Country: GB, IE
Runtime: 88m
Company Credits
Company: British Screen Productions, BSB, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Dakota Films, Hell's Kitchen, RTÉ, Full Schilling Investments
Budget: $100,000
Revenue: $87,400
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Cast
Shawn Hatosy |
Brendan Behan |
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Danny Dyer |
Charlie Milwall |
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Robin Laing |
Jock |
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Ian McElhinney |
Verreker |
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Eva Birthistle |
Liz Joyce |
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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 |
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Mark Lambert |
Chief Dixon |
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Eoin Slattery |
James |
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Owen Sharpe |
Albert |
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Viko Nikci |
Jerzy |
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Lukas Hassel |
Kydd |
Directed By
Peter Sheridan |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Peter Sheridan |
Writer |
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Brendan Behan |
Author |
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Nye Heron |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Judy Counihan |
Co-Producer |
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Pat Moylan |
Producer |
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Arthur Lappin |
Producer |
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Nye Heron |
Producer |
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Jim Sheridan |
Executive Producer |
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Paul Myler |
Line Producer |
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Maureen Hughes |
Casting |
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Edited By
Stephen O'Connell |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Marie Tierney |
Costume Design |
Sound
Stephen McKeon |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Ciarán Tanham |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Crispian Sallis |
Production Design |
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Michael Higgins |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
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