Genres
Duration
112 min
Director
Terry George
Rating
6.7
Release Date
September 13, 1996
Some Mother's Son
Original title: 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.
Some Mother's Son cast
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Helen Mirren
Character:
Kathleen Quigley
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Fionnula Flanagan
Character:
Annie Higgins
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Aidan Gillen
Character:
Gerard Quigley
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David O'Hara
Character:
Frank Higgins
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John Lynch
Character:
Bobby Sands
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Tom Hollander
Character:
Farnsworth
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Tim Woodward
Character:
Harrington
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Ciarán Hinds
Character:
Danny Boyle
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Geraldine O'Rawe
Character:
Alice Quigley
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Gerard McSorley
Character:
Father Daly
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Dan Gordon
Character:
Inspector McPeake
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Grainne Delany
Character:
Theresa Higgins
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Ciarán Fitzgerald
Character:
Liam Quigley
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Robert Lang
Character:
Government Minister
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Stephen Hogan
Character:
Young Turk
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Peter Howitt
Character:
SAS Leader
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Bosco Hogan
Character:
British Captain
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Jimmy Keogh
Character:
Jimmy Higgins
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John Kavanagh
Character:
Cardinal
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Oliver Maguire
Character:
Frank Maguire
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Doreen Keogh
Character:
Mother Superior
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Anna Megan
Character:
Rosie Quigley
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Hugh O'Donnell
Character:
Paddy
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John Higgins
Character:
John Deegan
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Joan Sheehy
Character:
Woman Searcher #1
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Mal Whyte
Character:
Barrister
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Alan Barry
Character:
Judge
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Barry Cassin
Character:
Prosecutor
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Brian Mallon
Character:
Prison Officer Jones
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Sean Lawlor
Character:
Platoon Leader
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Michael Sherrie
Character:
Assistant Governor
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James Hickey
Character:
Young Son
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Karen Carlisle
Character:
Prisoner's Girlfriend
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Fiona Higgins
Character:
Prisoner's Sister
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Jer O'Leary
Character:
Hunger Striker #1
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Tim McDonnell
Character:
Hunger Striker #2
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Tony Flynn
Character:
Cyclist
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Liam Byrne
Character:
Prisoner Murphy
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Pat Mulryan
Character:
IRA Man #1
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Valerie Roe
Character:
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
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Deirdre McAliskey
Character:
Woman in Court
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Michael O'Sullivan
Character:
Prison Officer Davis
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Jennifer Gibney
Character:
Woman Searcher #2
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Robert Taylor
Character:
Election Agent
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Kate Perry
Character:
Prison Officer's Widow
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Anthony Brophy
Character:
Prisoner's Leader
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Mickey McEneaney
Character:
Merry Mac
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Patrick McEneaney
Character:
Merry Mac
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Gene Berrills
Character:
Merry Mac
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Ronan O'Donoghue
Character:
Radio Announcer
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Richard Neilson
Character:
Radio Announcer
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Richard Butler
Character:
MP (uncredited)
