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Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son

“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”

6.8(42)19961h 52mReleasedMovie

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Production Details

Release Date

1996-09-13

Runtime

112 min

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

—

Revenue

—

Director

Terry George

Writers

Jim Sheridan, Terry George

Production Companies

Hell's Kitchen

Castle Rock Entertainment

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