Boys in Brown
Seen it?1949 | 84 min | Crime
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans.
- The mood
- Gritty.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 24 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1949: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Montgomery Tully
- Dirk BogardeAlfie Rawlins
- Richard AttenboroughJackie Knowles
- Jack WarnerGovernor
- Jimmy HanleyBill Foster
- Barbara MurrayKitty Hurst
- Andrew CrawfordCasey
- Patrick HoltTigson
- Thora HirdMrs. Knowles
- Michael MedwinAlf "Sparrow" Thompson
- John BlytheBossy Phillips