Boys in Brown (1949)

Directed by

Montgomery Tully

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young offenders are sent to a British borstal. The film shows their daily life and efforts at reform inside the institution.

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What happens

Boys in Brown is a 1949 black and white British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley. It was written by Tully based on the 1940 play Boys in Brown by the actor Reginald Beckwith. The film depicts life in a borstal for young offenders. The title comes from the borstal uniform: brown shirt and shorts and a short brown tie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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