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Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son1996

★6.8112 minDramaHistory

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.

Director

Writer

Terry George Jim Sheridan

Stars

Helen Mirren Fionnula Flanagan Aidan Gillen

Cast52

Helen Mirren
as Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
as Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
as Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
as Frank Higgins
John Lynch
as Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
as Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
as Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
as Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
as Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
as Father Daly
Dan Gordon
as Inspector McPeake
G
Grainne Delany
as Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
as Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
as Young Turk
Peter Howitt
as SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
as British Captain
J
Jimmy Keogh
as Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh
as Cardinal
Oliver Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh
as Mother Superior
A
Anna Megan
as Rosie Quigley
H
Hugh O'Donnell
as Paddy
J
John Higgins
as John Deegan
Joan Sheehy
as Woman Searcher #1
Mal Whyte
as Barrister
A
Alan Barry
as Judge
Barry Cassin
as Prosecutor
B
Brian Mallon
as Prison Officer Jones
Sean Lawlor
as Platoon Leader
M
Michael Sherrie
as Assistant Governor
J
James Hickey
as Young Son
K
Karen Carlisle
as Prisoner's Girlfriend
F
Fiona Higgins
as Prisoner's Sister
Jer O'Leary
as Hunger Striker #1
Tim McDonnell
as Hunger Striker #2
Tony Flynn
as Cyclist
L
Liam Byrne
as Prisoner Murphy
P
Pat Mulryan
as IRA Man #1
V
Valerie Roe
as Girl in Farnsworth's Office
D
Deirdre McAliskey
as Woman in Court
Michael O'Sullivan
as Prison Officer Davis
Jennifer Gibney
as Woman Searcher #2
R
Robert Taylor
as Election Agent
K
Kate Perry
as Prison Officer's Widow
Anthony Brophy
as Prisoner's Leader
M
Mickey McEneaney
as Merry Mac
P
Patrick McEneaney
as Merry Mac
G
Gene Berrills
as Merry Mac
R
Ronan O'Donoghue
as Radio Announcer
R
Richard Neilson
as Radio Announcer
Richard Butler
as MP (uncredited)

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