Some Mother's Son
movie
Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.
Released September 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
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
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Grainne Delany
as
Theresa Higgins
Crew
Terry George
as
Director
Jim Sheridan
as
Writer
Terry George
as
Writer
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David Wilson
as
Production Design
Geoffrey Simpson
as
Director of Photography
Craig McKay
as
Editor
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Nuala Moiselle
as
Casting
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Pat Hay
as
Makeup Designer
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Gina Alfano
as
Dialogue Editor
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Joan Bergin
as
Costume Design
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Danny Bellens
as
Makeup Artist
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Lewis Goldstein
as
Sound Effects Editor