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Some Mother's Son

Directed by Terry George
1996    1h 52m    R
Drama, History
7.271%86%
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The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
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Cast of Some Mother's Son
  • Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley
  • Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins
  • Aidan GillenGerard Quigley
  • David O'HaraFrank Higgins
  • John LynchBobby Sands
  • Tom HollanderFarnsworth
  • Tim WoodwardHarrington
  • Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle
  • Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley
  • Gerard McSorleyFather Daly
  • Dan GordonInspector McPeake
  • Grainne DelanyTheresa Higgins
  • Ciarán FitzgeraldLiam Quigley
  • Robert LangGovernment Minister
  • Stephen HoganYoung Turk
  • Peter HowittSAS Leader
  • Bosco HoganBritish Captain
  • Jimmy KeoghJimmy Higgins
  • John KavanaghCardinal
  • Oliver MaguireFrank Maguire
  • Doreen KeoghMother Superior
  • Anna MeganRosie Quigley
  • Hugh O'DonnellPaddy
  • John HigginsJohn Deegan
  • Joan SheehyWoman Searcher #1
  • Mal WhyteBarrister
  • Alan BarryJudge
  • Barry CassinProsecutor
  • Brian MallonPrison Officer Jones
  • Sean LawlorPlatoon Leader
  • Michael SherrieAssistant Governor
  • James HickeyYoung Son
  • Karen CarlislePrisoner's Girlfriend
  • Fiona HigginsPrisoner's Sister
  • Jer O'LearyHunger Striker #1
  • Tim McDonnellHunger Striker #2
  • Tony FlynnCyclist
  • Liam ByrnePrisoner Murphy
  • Pat MulryanIRA Man #1
  • Valerie RoeGirl in Farnsworth's Office
  • Deirdre McAliskeyWoman in Court
  • Michael O'SullivanPrison Officer Davis
  • Jennifer GibneyWoman Searcher #2
  • Robert TaylorElection Agent
  • Kate PerryPrison Officer's Widow
  • Anthony BrophyPrisoner's Leader
  • Mickey McEneaneyMerry Mac
  • Patrick McEneaneyMerry Mac
  • Gene BerrillsMerry Mac
  • Ronan O'DonoghueRadio Announcer
  • Richard NeilsonRadio Announcer
  • Richard ButlerMP (uncredited)
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