Crime
Boys in Brown
“Can Bad Boys Make Good?”
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.
Directed by Montgomery Tully
62
User score
12 votes
Status
Released
Released
December 1, 1949
Runtime
1h 24m
Language
English
Top 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
