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Boys in Brown

Genre: Crime, Drama
Countries: UK,
Release Date: April 23, 1951
Year: 1951
Runtime:1h 25min
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During post-war England, a young petty crook, Jackie Knowles (Sir Richard Attenborough), is on probation for committing petty crimes. Jackie wants to marry his girlfriend Kitty (Barbara Murray), but they don't have enough money to live on. Jackie foolishly accepts to be the getaway driver for a robbery job. The robbery goes wrong and Jackie is arrested. Because of his previous probation breach, the judge sentences him to three years in a Borstal institution. In the U.K., the Borstal institutions are trying to rehabilitate rather than punish young offenders. Jackie Knowles arrives at a Borstal institution run by a sympathetic Governor (Jack Warner). Initially, Jackie intends to keep his nose clean, do his time and get out. Unfortunatelly, he falls in with a crowd planning to escape. The wrong crowd is run by scheming Welsh boy Alfie Rawlins (Sir Dirk Bogarde) who senses Jackie's naiveté and innocence. Alfie manipulates Jackie into wanting to join his group by playing on Jackie's ...

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Jack Warner     , Richard Attenborough     , Dirk Bogarde     , Jimmy Hanley     , Barbara Murray     , Patrick Holt     , Andrew Crawford     , Thora Hird     , Graham Payn     , Michael Medwin     , John Blythe     , Alfie Bass     , Stanley Escane     , Robert Desmond     , Marten Tiffen