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Some Mother's Son

Title
Some Mother's Son (2024)
Some Mother's Son
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
IMDB
Rating
6.9 from 10 with total 17 votes
Premiere
1996-12-25
Runtime
112 minutes
Description
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

Helen Mirren character Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan character Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen character Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara character Frank Higgins

John Lynch character Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander character Farnsworth

Tim Woodward character Harrington

Ciarán Hinds character Danny Boyle

Geraldine O'Rawe character Alice Quigley

Gerard McSorley character Father Daly

Dan Gordon character Inspector McPeake

Grainne Delany character Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald character Liam Quigley

Robert Lang character Government Minister

Stephen Hogan character Young Turk

Peter Howitt character SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan character British Captain

Jimmy Keogh character Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh character Cardinal

Oliver Maguire character Frank Maguire

Doreen Keogh character Mother Superior

Anna Megan character Rosie Quigley

Hugh O'Donnell character Paddy

John Higgins character John Deegan

Joan Sheehy character Woman Searcher #1

Mal Whyte character Barrister

Alan Barry character Judge

Barry Cassin character Prosecutor

Brian Mallon character Prison Officer Jones

Sean Lawlor character Platoon Leader

Michael Sherrie character Assistant Governor

James Hickey character Young Son

Karen Carlisle character Prisoner's Girlfriend

Fiona Higgins character Prisoner's Sister

Jer O'Leary character Hunger Striker #1

Tim McDonnell character Hunger Striker #2

Tony Flynn character Cyclist

Liam Byrne character Prisoner Murphy

Pat Mulryan character IRA Man #1

Valerie Roe character Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Deirdre McAliskey character Woman in Court

Michael O'Sullivan character Prison Officer Davis

Jennifer Gibney character Woman Searcher #2

Robert Taylor character Election Agent

Kate Perry character Prison Officer's Widow

Anthony Brophy character Prisoner's Leader

Mickey McEneaney character Merry Mac

Patrick McEneaney character Merry Mac

Gene Berrills character Merry Mac

Ronan O'Donoghue character Radio Announcer

Richard Neilson character Radio Announcer

Richard Butler character MP (uncredited)