Some Mother's Son
Drama | History
Release Date
September 13, 1996
Duration
112 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Casts
Kathleen Quigley
Helen Mirren
Annie Higgins
Fionnula Flanagan
Gerard Quigley
Aidan Gillen
Frank Higgins
David O'Hara
Bobby Sands
John Lynch
Farnsworth
Tom Hollander
Harrington
Tim Woodward
Danny Boyle
Ciarán Hinds
Alice Quigley
Geraldine O'Rawe
Father Daly
Gerard McSorley
Inspector McPeake
Dan Gordon
Theresa Higgins
Grainne Delany
Liam Quigley
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Government Minister
Robert Lang
Young Turk
Stephen Hogan
SAS Leader
Peter Howitt
British Captain
Bosco Hogan
Jimmy Higgins
Jimmy Keogh
Cardinal
John Kavanagh
Frank Maguire
Oliver Maguire
Mother Superior
Doreen Keogh
Rosie Quigley
Anna Megan
Paddy
Hugh O'Donnell
John Deegan
John Higgins
Woman Searcher #1
Joan Sheehy
Barrister
Mal Whyte
Judge
Alan Barry
Prosecutor
Barry Cassin
Prison Officer Jones
Brian Mallon
Platoon Leader
Sean Lawlor
Assistant Governor
Michael Sherrie
Young Son
James Hickey
Prisoner's Girlfriend
Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Sister
Fiona Higgins
Hunger Striker #1
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #2
Tim McDonnell
Cyclist
Tony Flynn
Prisoner Murphy
Liam Byrne
IRA Man #1
Pat Mulryan
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
Valerie Roe
Woman in Court
Deirdre McAliskey
Prison Officer Davis
Michael O'Sullivan
Woman Searcher #2
Jennifer Gibney
Election Agent
Robert Taylor
Prison Officer's Widow
Kate Perry
Prisoner's Leader
Anthony Brophy
Merry Mac
Mickey McEneaney
Merry Mac
Patrick McEneaney
Merry Mac
Gene Berrills
Radio Announcer
Ronan O'Donoghue
Radio Announcer
Richard Neilson
MP (uncredited)
Richard Butler
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