Song for a Raggy Boy

About Song for a Raggy Boy

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.

Song for a Raggy Boy is a 2003 history film directed by Aisling Walsh. At 94 minutes long, it arrived in January 2003.

Aidan Quinn takes the lead as William Franklin, Iain Glen as Brother John, Marc Warren as Brother Mac, and Dudley Sutton as Brother Tom. Written by Aisling Walsh and Kevin Byron Murphy. It was produced by Fantastic Films. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under child abuse, poetry, beating, and discipline. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Dox Amazon Channel.

Cloud Atlas, Mary Poppins Returns, and The Bride! make useful companions to Song for a Raggy Boy, all filed under 1930s. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 149 TMDB voters.