Movie
Song for a Raggy Boy
Overview
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a school for wayward boys run by Brother John, who is a firm believer in strong discipline.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-01-19
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fantastic Films, Moviefan Scandinavia A/S, Subotica, Titian Red Pictures, Zoma Films, Lolafilms
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Spain
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aidan Quinn as William Franklin
- Iain Glen as Brother John
- Marc Warren as Brother Mac
- Dudley Sutton as Brother Tom
- Alan Devlin as Father Damian
- Stuart Graham as Brother Whelan
- Bernard Manning as Rogers 855
- John Travers as Liam Mercier 636
- Andrew Simpson as Gerard Peters 458
- Mark Butler as Downey 913
- Samuel Bright as Ryan 126
- Chris Newman as Patrick Delaney 743
Crew
- Aisling Walsh - Director
- Kevin Byron Murphy - Writer
- Patrick Galvin - Writer
- Aisling Walsh - Writer
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