Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son
1996DramaHistory112 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 fi... read more

  • Terry George

    Director

  • Jim Sheridan

    Writer

  • Terry George

    Writer

  • Geoffrey Simpson

    Director of Photography

  • Craig McKay

    Editor

  • 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

    • Runtime

    112 minutes

    Released

    1996-09-13

    Languages

    English

    Gaeilge

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Ireland

    Studios

    Hell's Kitchen

    Castle Rock Entertainment

    Columbia Pictures

    Updated

    59 days ago

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