Boys in Brown

Boys In Brown
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Written byMontgomery Tully
Based onplay Boys in Brown
by Reginald Beckwith
Produced byAntony Darnborough
StarringJack Warner
Richard Attenborough
Dirk Bogarde
CinematographyCyril Bristow
Gordon Lang
Edited byJames Needs
Music byDoreen Carwithen
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • December 1949 (1949-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£94,000 (by 1953)

Boys in Brown is a 1949 black and white British drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde and Jimmy Hanley. It was written by Tully based on the 1940 play Boys in Brown by the actor Reginald Beckwith.

The film depicts life in a borstal for young offenders. The title comes from the borstal uniform: brown shirt and shorts and a short brown tie.