Some Mother's Son

6.7

112 minutes

9/13/1996

Overview

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 List

Helen Mirren
as Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
as Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen
as Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara
as Frank Higgins
John Lynch
as Bobby Sands
Tom Hollander
as Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
as Harrington
Ciarán Hinds
as Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe
as Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley
as Father Daly
Dan Gordon
as Inspector McPeake
Grainne Delany
as Theresa Higgins
Ciarán Fitzgerald
as Liam Quigley
Robert Lang
as Government Minister
Stephen Hogan
as Young Turk
Peter Howitt
as SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan
as British Captain
Jimmy Keogh
as Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh
as Cardinal
Oliver Maguire
as Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh
as Mother Superior
Anna Megan
as Rosie Quigley
Hugh O'Donnell
as Paddy
John Higgins
as John Deegan
Joan Sheehy
as Woman Searcher #1
Mal Whyte
as Barrister
Alan Barry
as Judge
Barry Cassin
as Prosecutor
Brian Mallon
as Prison Officer Jones
Sean Lawlor
as Platoon Leader
Michael Sherrie
as Assistant Governor
James Hickey
as Young Son
Karen Carlisle
as Prisoner's Girlfriend
Fiona Higgins
as Prisoner's Sister
Jer O'Leary
as Hunger Striker #1
Tim McDonnell
as Hunger Striker #2
Tony Flynn
as Cyclist
Liam Byrne
as Prisoner Murphy
Pat Mulryan
as IRA Man #1
Valerie Roe
as Girl in Farnsworth's Office
Deirdre McAliskey
as Woman in Court
Michael O'Sullivan
as Prison Officer Davis
Jennifer Gibney
as Woman Searcher #2
Robert Taylor
as Election Agent
Kate Perry
as Prison Officer's Widow
Anthony Brophy
as Prisoner's Leader
Mickey McEneaney
as Merry Mac
Patrick McEneaney
as Merry Mac
Gene Berrills
as Merry Mac
Ronan O'Donoghue
as Radio Announcer
Richard Neilson
as Radio Announcer
Richard Butler
as MP (uncredited)