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Some Mother's Son

66 %|Sep 13, 1996|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.

Featured Crew

Terry George
Director
Jim Sheridan
Writer
Terry George
Writer
Geoffrey Simpson
Director of Photography
David Wilson
Production Design
Craig McKay
Editor
Kate O'Callaghan
Co-Producer
Danny Bellens
Makeup Artist

Cast

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Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
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Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
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Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
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David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
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John Lynch
Bobby Sands
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Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
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Tim Woodward
Harrington
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Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
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Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
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Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
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Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
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Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
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Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
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Robert Lang
Government Minister
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Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
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Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
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Bosco Hogan
British Captain
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Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
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Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
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Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
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Anna Megan
Rosie Quigley
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John Higgins
John Deegan
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Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
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Mal Whyte
Barrister
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Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
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Brian Mallon
Prison Officer Jones
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Sean Lawlor
Platoon Leader
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Michael Sherrie
Assistant Governor
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James Hickey
Young Son
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Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Girlfriend
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Fiona Higgins
Prisoner's Sister
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Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
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Tim McDonnell
Hunger Striker #2
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Tony Flynn
Cyclist
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Liam Byrne
Prisoner Murphy
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Pat Mulryan
IRA Man #1
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Valerie Roe
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
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Deirdre McAliskey
Woman in Court
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Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
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Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
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Robert Taylor
Election Agent
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Kate Perry
Prison Officer's Widow
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Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
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Gene Berrills
Merry Mac
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Ronan O'Donoghue
Radio Announcer
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Richard Neilson
Radio Announcer
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Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)