Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son
Release: 1996-09-13
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 6.7
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.
Production Countries
Ireland
United States of America
Production Companies
Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock Entertainment
Cast
Tom Hollander
as Farnsworth
Gerard McSorley
as Father Daly
Dan Gordon
as Inspector McPeake
Sean Lawlor
as Platoon Leader
Michael O'Sullivan
as Prison Officer Davis
Anthony Brophy
as Prisoner's Leader
Bosco Hogan
as British Captain
Jennifer Gibney
as Woman Searcher #2
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Liam Quigley
Stephen Hogan
as Young Turk
Peter Howitt
as SAS Leader
Aidan Gillen
as Gerard Quigley
Geraldine O'Rawe
as Alice Quigley
Robert Lang
as Government Minister
Barry Cassin
as Prosecutor
Richard Butler
as MP (uncredited)
Helen Mirren
as Kathleen Quigley
John Lynch
as Bobby Sands
Ciarán Hinds
as Danny Boyle
Joan Sheehy
as Woman Searcher #1
Jer O'Leary
as Hunger Striker #1
Tim Woodward
as Harrington
John Kavanagh
as Cardinal
Tony Flynn
as Cyclist
David O'Hara
as Frank Higgins
Oliver Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh
as Mother Superior
Tim McDonnell
as Hunger Striker #2
Fionnula Flanagan
as Annie Higgins
Mal Whyte
as Barrister
