Some Mother's Son
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
1996-09-13 | 112 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Helen MirrenKathleen Quigley
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Fionnula FlanaganAnnie Higgins
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Aidan GillenGerard Quigley
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David O'HaraFrank Higgins
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John LynchBobby Sands
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Tom HollanderFarnsworth
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Tim WoodwardHarrington
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Ciarán HindsDanny Boyle
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Geraldine O'RaweAlice Quigley
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Gerard McSorleyFather Daly
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Dan GordonInspector McPeake
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Ciarán FitzgeraldLiam Quigley
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Robert LangGovernment Minister
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Stephen HoganYoung Turk
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Peter HowittSAS Leader
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Bosco HoganBritish Captain
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John KavanaghCardinal
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Oliver MaguireFrank Maguire