Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son

112 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 13, 1996

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.

Some Mother's Son

112 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 13, 1996

Some Mother's Son
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Castle Rock Entertainment, Hell's Kitchen Films
Original title Some Mother's Son
Directors Terry George
Writers Jim Sheridan, Terry George

Cast

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

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

Jimmy Keogh

as Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh

as Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

as Frank Maguire

Doreen Keogh

as Mother Superior

Anna Megan

as Rosie Quigley

Hugh O'Donnell

as Paddy

John Higgins

as John Deegan

Joan Sheehy

as Woman Searcher #1

Mal Whyte

as Barrister

Alan Barry

as Judge

Barry Cassin

as Prosecutor

Brian Mallon

as Prison Officer Jones

Sean Lawlor

as Platoon Leader

Michael Sherrie

as Assistant Governor

James Hickey

as Young Son

Karen Carlisle

as Prisoner's Girlfriend

Fiona Higgins

as Prisoner's Sister

Jer O'Leary

as Hunger Striker #1

Tim McDonnell

as Hunger Striker #2

Tony Flynn

as Cyclist

Liam Byrne

as Prisoner Murphy

Pat Mulryan

as IRA Man #1

Valerie Roe

as Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Deirdre McAliskey

as Woman in Court

Michael O'Sullivan

as Prison Officer Davis

Jennifer Gibney

as Woman Searcher #2

Robert Taylor

as Election Agent

Kate Perry

as Prison Officer's Widow

Anthony Brophy

as Prisoner's Leader

Mickey McEneaney

as Merry Mac

Patrick McEneaney

as Merry Mac

Gene Berrills

as Merry Mac

Ronan O'Donoghue

as Radio Announcer

Richard Neilson

as Radio Announcer

Richard Butler

as MP (uncredited)