The Bad Boy's is based on a true story of a young man Ray Hunter and his fight to survive in Detention, Borstal and then Prison. He had to fight inmates and warders and was always in trouble and put on the punishment block. After Ray was released it wasn't long before, after getting into more trouble, was sent back again. It was harder this time as his reputation went before him. Ray and two inmates escape steal a car and drive to London, where they do more crime. They get homesick and go back home only to be recaptured and sent to borstal for two years. He met harder men but still managed to accomplish what he wanted, to become the hardest man with a reputation that others feared.