Some Mother’s Son 1996
Set against the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, where IRA inmate Bobby Sands protested the classification of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than soldiers, the drama follows two mothers as they confront impossible choices. Their love and loyalty are tested as they fight desperately to keep their sons alive.
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Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
John Higgins
John Deegan
Joan Sheehy
Woman Searcher #1
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
Jennifer Gibney
Woman Searcher #2
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
Tim Woodward
Harrington
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
Robert Taylor
Election Agent
Robert Lang
Government Minister
Michael O'Sullivan
Prison Officer Davis
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker #1
Hugh O'Donnell
Paddy
Tony Flynn
Cyclist
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
Anthony Brophy
Prisoner's Leader
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
Richard Butler
MP (uncredited)
Tim McDonnell
Hunger Striker #2
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
Mal Whyte
Barrister
Barry Cassin
Prosecutor
Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
Brian Mallon
Prison Officer Jones
Sean Lawlor
Platoon Leader
Alan Barry
Judge
Richard Neilson
Radio Announcer
Kate Perry
Prison Officer's Widow
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
Anna Megan
Rosie Quigley
Michael Sherrie
Assistant Governor
James Hickey
Young Son
Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Girlfriend
Fiona Higgins
Prisoner's Sister
Liam Byrne
Prisoner Murphy
Pat Mulryan
IRA Man #1
Valerie Roe
Girl in Farnsworth's Office
Deirdre McAliskey
Woman in Court
Mickey McEneaney
Merry Mac
Gene Berrills
Merry Mac
Patrick McEneaney
Merry Mac
Ronan O'Donoghue
Radio Announcer
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