Some Mother's Son (1996)

Some Mother's Son
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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
as Kathleen Quigley
Aidan Gillen
as Gerard Quigley
Tom Hollander
as Farnsworth
Ciarán Hinds
as Danny Boyle
Fionnula Flanagan
as Annie Higgins
John Lynch
as Bobby Sands
David O'Hara
as Frank Higgins
Mal Whyte
as Barrister
Bosco Hogan
as British Captain
John Kavanagh
as Cardinal
Stephen Hogan
as Young Turk
Peter Howitt
as SAS Leader
Tim Woodward
as Harrington
Joan Sheehy
as Woman Searcher #1
Barry Cassin
as Prosecutor
Robert Lang
as Government Minister
Anthony Brophy
as Prisoner's Leader
Sean Lawlor
as Platoon Leader
Gerard McSorley
as Father Daly
Jer O'Leary
as Hunger Striker #1
Doreen Keogh
as Mother Superior
Richard Butler
as MP (uncredited)
Geraldine O'Rawe
as Alice Quigley
Dan Gordon
as Inspector McPeake
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Liam Quigley
Oliver Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Jennifer Gibney
as Woman Searcher #2
Tony Flynn
as Cyclist
Tim McDonnell
as Hunger Striker #2
Michael O'Sullivan
as Prison Officer Davis

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