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Boys in Brown

Can Bad Boys Make Good?
Dec 1, 1949 · 1h 24m
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Crime

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by Montgomery Tully

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Country
GB

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