Some Mother's Son (1996)
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 & Crew
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
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
Mal Whyte
Barrister
Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
Sean Lawlor
Platoon Leader
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
Tim McDonnell
Hunger Striker #2
Tony Flynn
Cyclist
Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)
Terry George
Director
Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Writer
Rod Stoneman
Executive Producer
Arthur Lappin, Edward Burke, Jim Sheridan
Producer
