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The Brylcreem Boys is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 15 december 1996 with Billy Campbell
The Brylcreem Boys (1996)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 december 1996
Length 2h4
Rating61%
The Brylcreem Boys is a 1998 romantic comedy film set in the Republic of Ireland during the Second World War. The film, which stars Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Jean Butler and Gabriel Byrne, was directed and co-written by Terence Ryan. The story is set against the extraordinary neutrality arrangements in Ireland during World War II under the government of Éamon de Valera.
The title comes from a popular nickname for the RAF personnel during the period.
Synopsis
In World War II all Allied and Axis service personnel that end up in Ireland are to be interned for the duration of the conflict. Two pilots, Canadian Billy Campbell and Angus Macfadyen of the Luftwaffe, both fall in love with local Irish girl, Jean Butler. The relationship is further complicated by Gabriel Byrne, who plays the unceasingly vigilant internment camp commander.Actors
Billy Campbell
(Miles Keogh (as Bill Campbell))
Angus Macfadyen
(Rudolph von Stegenbek)
Gabriel Byrne
(Commandant O'Brien)
Joe McGann
(Captain Deegan)
Marc Sinden
(Senior Allied Officer White)
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