Boys In Brown | |
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Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
Produced by | Antony Darnborough |
Written by | Montgomery Tully |
Based on | play by Reginald Beckwith |
Starring |
Jack Warner Richard Attenborough Dirk Bogarde |
Music by | Doreen Carwithen |
Cinematography |
Cyril Bristow Gordon Lang |
Edited by | James Needs |
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Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
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85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £94,000 (by 1953) |
Boys in Brown is a 1949 British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully. Based on a play by Reginald Beckwith, it depicts life in a borstal for young offenders. It stars Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley.
Teenager Jackie Knowles (Richard Attenborough) drives a getaway car in a robbery. He is captured and sentenced to serve three years in a borstal institution run by a sympathetic governor (Jack Warner). He befriends Alfie (Dirk Bogarde) and Bill (Jimmy Hanley).