Some Mother's Son (1996)
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
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.
Rated
R
Year
1996
Country
IE
Language
English
Release date
13 September 1996
TMDB
6.8 (42)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
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
G
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
J
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
A
Anna Megan
Rosie Quigley
H
Hugh O'Donnell
Paddy
J
John Higgins
John Deegan
Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
Mal Whyte
Barrister
A
Alan Barry
Judge
Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
B
Brian Mallon
Prison Officer Jones
Sean Lawlor
Platoon Leader
M
Michael Sherrie
Assistant Governor
J
James Hickey
Young Son
K
Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Girlfriend
F
Fiona Higgins
Prisoner's Sister
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
Tim McDonnell
Hunger Striker #2
Tony Flynn
Cyclist
L
Liam Byrne
Prisoner Murphy
P
Pat Mulryan
IRA Man #1
V
Valerie Roe
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
D
Deirdre McAliskey
Woman in Court
Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
R
Robert Taylor
Election Agent
K
Kate Perry
Prison Officer's Widow
Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
M
Mickey McEneaney
Merry Mac
P
Patrick McEneaney
Merry Mac
G
Gene Berrills
Merry Mac
R
Ronan O'Donoghue
Radio Announcer
R
Richard Neilson
Radio Announcer
Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)
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