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Boys in Brown

19496.5 / 1084 min

Crime

Overview

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Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Alfie Rawlins

Richard Attenborough

Jackie Knowles

Jack Warner

Governor

Jimmy Hanley

Bill Foster

Barbara Murray

Kitty Hurst

Andrew Crawford

Casey

Patrick Holt

Tigson

Thora Hird

Mrs. Knowles

Michael Medwin

Alf "Sparrow" Thompson

John Blythe

Bossy Phillips

Alfie Bass

Basher Walker

Elspeth March

Mrs. Smith

Frederick Leister

Judge

Graham Payn

Plato Cartwright

Stanley Escane

Bert

Robert Desmond

Spud

Martin Tiffen

Dusty

Philip Stainton

Principal Prison Officer

Cyril Chamberlain

Mr. Johnson

Tony Quinn

Mr. Knight

Clive Dunn

Holdup Man

Ronald Adam

Judge

John Clifford

Mr Smith

Frank Coburn

Man

Clive Dunn

Man

Charles Farrell

Mr. Sykes

Pat Hagan

Borstal Master

Philip Hillman

Sykes Jr

Rose Howlett

Mrs Sykes

James Knight

Prison Officer

Molly Lumley

Woman Watching Play

Robert Moore

Gym Instructor

Peter Mullins

Borstal Boy

Richard Neller

Borstal Master

Harry Terry

Borstal Master

Reg Thomason

Borstal Boy

John Warren

Signalman

Crew

Montgomery Tully

Director

Reginald Beckwith

Writer

Montgomery Tully

Writer

Antony Darnborough

Producer

Doreen Carwithen

Original Music Composer

Gordon Lang

Cinematography

James Needs

Editor

Cyril Bristow

Director of Photography

Gordon Lang

Director of Photography