Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

6.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

10

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1949

Release Year

84 min

Runtime

Crime

Overview

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.

Keywords

male friendship

based on play or musical

reformatory

reform school

getaway driver

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Alfie Rawlins

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Jackie Knowles

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Governor

Jimmy Hanley

Jimmy Hanley

Bill Foster

Barbara Murray

Barbara Murray

Kitty Hurst

Andrew Crawford

Andrew Crawford

Casey

Patrick Holt

Patrick Holt

Tigson

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

Mrs. Knowles

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

Alf "Sparrow" Thompson

John Blythe

John Blythe

Bossy Phillips

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6.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

July 9, 2022

6

6/10

Richard Attenborough is the naive young "Jackie", in love with his girl "Kitty" (Barbara Murray) but prone to getting into bad company. It is after one such escapade that he finds himself sentenced to three years in borstal. Fortunately for him, the governor (Jack Warden) believes firmly that the pu…

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