Some Mother's Son (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.
Directing:
- Terry George
Writing:
- Terry George
- Jim Sheridan
- Release Date: 1996-12-25
- Views: 521
- Country: GB, IE
- Language: English | Gaeilge
- Runtime: 112
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
Tony Flynn
Cyclist
Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)


