Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son (1996)

Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

Drama History

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.

star 6.7 7.2 75%
  • Release Date: 1996-09-13
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: Terry George

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Cast

  • Helen Mirren

    Kathleen Quigley

  • Fionnula Flanagan

    Annie Higgins

  • Aidan Gillen

    Gerard Quigley

  • David O'Hara

    Frank Higgins

  • John Lynch

    Bobby Sands

  • Tom Hollander

    Farnsworth

  • Tim Woodward

    Harrington

  • Ciarán Hinds

    Danny Boyle

  • Geraldine O'Rawe

    Alice Quigley

  • Gerard McSorley

    Father Daly

  • Dan Gordon

    Inspector McPeake

  • Grainne Delany

    Theresa Higgins

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Liam Quigley

  • Robert Lang

    Government Minister

  • Stephen Hogan

    Young Turk

  • Peter Howitt

    SAS Leader

  • Bosco Hogan

    British Captain

  • Jimmy Keogh

    Jimmy Higgins

  • John Kavanagh

    Cardinal

  • Oliver Maguire

    Frank Maguire

  • Doreen Keogh

    Mother Superior

  • Anna Megan

    Rosie Quigley

  • Hugh O'Donnell

    Paddy

  • John Higgins

    John Deegan

  • Joan Sheehy

    Woman Searcher #1

  • Mal Whyte

    Barrister

  • Alan Barry

    Judge

  • Barry Cassin

    Prosecutor

  • Brian Mallon

    Prison Officer Jones

  • Sean Lawlor

    Platoon Leader

  • Michael Sherrie

    Assistant Governor

  • James Hickey

    Young Son

  • Karen Carlisle

    Prisoner's Girlfriend

  • Fiona Higgins

    Prisoner's Sister

  • Jer O'Leary

    Hunger Striker #1

  • Tim McDonnell

    Hunger Striker #2

  • Tony Flynn

    Cyclist

  • Liam Byrne

    Prisoner Murphy

  • Pat Mulryan

    IRA Man #1

  • Valerie Roe

    Girl in Farnsworth's Office

  • Deirdre McAliskey

    Woman in Court

  • Michael O'Sullivan

    Prison Officer Davis

  • Jennifer Gibney

    Woman Searcher #2

  • Robert Taylor

    Election Agent

  • Kate Perry

    Prison Officer's Widow

  • Anthony Brophy

    Prisoner's Leader

  • Mickey McEneaney

    Merry Mac

  • Patrick McEneaney

    Merry Mac

  • Gene Berrills

    Merry Mac

  • Ronan O'Donoghue

    Radio Announcer

  • Richard Neilson

    Radio Announcer

  • Richard Butler

    MP (uncredited)

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