Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son by Terry George

6.70

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.

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Cast

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren as Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan

Fionnula Flanagan as Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen

Aidan Gillen as Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara

David O'Hara as Frank Higgins

John Lynch

John Lynch as Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander as Farnsworth

Tim Woodward

Tim Woodward as Harrington

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds as Danny Boyle

Geraldine O'Rawe

Geraldine O'Rawe as Alice Quigley

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley as Father Daly

Dan Gordon

Dan Gordon as Inspector McPeake

Grainne Delany

Grainne Delany as Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Ciarán Fitzgerald as Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Robert Lang as Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Stephen Hogan as Young Turk

Peter Howitt

Peter Howitt as SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan

Bosco Hogan as British Captain

Jimmy Keogh

Jimmy Keogh as Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh as Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

Oliver Maguire as Frank Maguire

Doreen Keogh

Doreen Keogh as Mother Superior

Anna Megan

Anna Megan as Rosie Quigley

Hugh O'Donnell

Hugh O'Donnell as Paddy

John Higgins

John Higgins as John Deegan

Joan Sheehy

Joan Sheehy as Woman Searcher #1

Mal Whyte

Mal Whyte as Barrister

Alan Barry

Alan Barry as Judge

Barry Cassin

Barry Cassin as Prosecutor

Brian Mallon

Brian Mallon as Prison Officer Jones

Sean Lawlor

Sean Lawlor as Platoon Leader

Michael Sherrie

Michael Sherrie as Assistant Governor

James Hickey

James Hickey as Young Son

Karen Carlisle

Karen Carlisle as Prisoner's Girlfriend

Fiona Higgins

Fiona Higgins as Prisoner's Sister

Jer O'Leary

Jer O'Leary as Hunger Striker #1

Tim McDonnell

Tim McDonnell as Hunger Striker #2

Tony Flynn

Tony Flynn as Cyclist

Liam Byrne

Liam Byrne as Prisoner Murphy

Pat Mulryan

Pat Mulryan as IRA Man #1

Valerie Roe

Valerie Roe as Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Deirdre McAliskey

Deirdre McAliskey as Woman in Court

Michael O'Sullivan

Michael O'Sullivan as Prison Officer Davis

Jennifer Gibney

Jennifer Gibney as Woman Searcher #2

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor as Election Agent

Kate Perry

Kate Perry as Prison Officer's Widow

Anthony Brophy

Anthony Brophy as Prisoner's Leader

Mickey McEneaney

Mickey McEneaney as Merry Mac

Patrick McEneaney

Patrick McEneaney as Merry Mac

Gene Berrills

Gene Berrills as Merry Mac

Ronan O'Donoghue

Ronan O'Donoghue as Radio Announcer

Richard Neilson

Richard Neilson as Radio Announcer

Richard Butler

Richard Butler as MP (uncredited)

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