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Some Mother's Son
1996, Sep 13
1h 52m
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.
Directed by
Terry George
Written by
Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Robert Lang
Government Minister
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
Sean Lawlor
Platoon Leader
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)
Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
Mal Whyte
Barrister
Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
Tony Flynn
Cyclist
Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
Tim McDonnell
Hunger Striker #2
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
Anna Megan
Rosie Quigley
Hugh O'Donnell
Paddy
John Higgins
John Deegan
Alan Barry
Judge
Brian Mallon
Prison Officer Jones
Michael Sherrie
Assistant Governor
Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Girlfriend
Fiona Higgins
Prisoner's Sister
Liam Byrne
Prisoner Murphy
Pat Mulryan
IRA Man #1
Valerie Roe
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
Deirdre McAliskey
Woman in Court
Robert Taylor
Election Agent
Kate Perry
Prison Officer's Widow
Mickey McEneaney
Merry Mac
Patrick McEneaney
Merry Mac
Gene Berrills
Merry Mac
Ronan O'Donoghue
Radio Announcer
Richard Neilson
Radio Announcer
Danny Bellens
Edward Burke
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