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Boys in Brown

6.5 84 mins Crime   1949
Gainsborough Pictures   J. Arthur Rank Organisation  
Director(s): Montgomery Tully

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.

Casts of Boys in Brown

Dirk Bogarde

as Alfie Rawlins

Richard Attenborough

as Jackie Knowles

Jack Warner

as Governor

Jimmy Hanley

as Bill Foster

Barbara Murray

as Kitty Hurst

Andrew Crawford

as Casey

Patrick Holt

as Tigson

Thora Hird

as Mrs. Knowles

Michael Medwin

as Alf "Sparrow" Thompson

John Blythe

as Bossy Phillips

Alfie Bass

as Basher Walker

Elspeth March

as Mrs. Smith

Graham Payn

as Plato Cartwright

Stanley Escane

as Bert

Robert Desmond

as Spud

Martin Tiffen

as Dusty

Philip Stainton

as Principal Prison Officer

Cyril Chamberlain

as Mr. Johnson

Tony Quinn

as Mr. Knight

Clive Dunn

as Holdup Man

Ronald Adam

as Judge

John Clifford

as Mr Smith

Frank Coburn

as Man

Clive Dunn

as Man

Charles Farrell

as Mr. Sykes

Pat Hagan

as Borstal Master

Philip Hillman

as Sykes Jr

Rose Howlett

as Mrs Sykes

James Knight

as Prison Officer

Molly Lumley

as Woman Watching Play

Robert Moore

as Gym Instructor

Peter Mullins

as Borstal Boy

Richard Neller

as Borstal Master

Harry Terry

as Borstal Master

Reg Thomason

as Borstal Boy

John Warren

as Signalman

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