Some Mother's Son

6.7
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 112 min
  • Premiere: 1996. September 13.

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.

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Helen Mirren

Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan

Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen

Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara

Frank Higgins

John Lynch

Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander

Farnsworth

Tim Woodward

Harrington

Ciarán Hinds

Danny Boyle

Geraldine O'Rawe

Alice Quigley

Gerard McSorley

Father Daly

Dan Gordon

Inspector McPeake

Grainne Delany

Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Young Turk

Peter Howitt

SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan

British Captain

Jimmy Keogh

Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh

Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

Frank Maguire

Doreen Keogh

Mother Superior

Anna Megan

Rosie Quigley

John Higgins

John Deegan

Joan Sheehy

Woman Searcher #1

Mal Whyte

Barrister

Barry Cassin

Prosecutor

Brian Mallon

Prison Officer Jones

Sean Lawlor

Platoon Leader

Michael Sherrie

Assistant Governor

James Hickey

Young Son

Karen Carlisle

Prisoner's Girlfriend

Fiona Higgins

Prisoner's Sister

Jer O'Leary

Hunger Striker #1

Tim McDonnell

Hunger Striker #2

Tony Flynn

Cyclist

Liam Byrne

Prisoner Murphy

Pat Mulryan

IRA Man #1

Valerie Roe

Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Deirdre McAliskey

Woman in Court

Michael O'Sullivan

Prison Officer Davis

Jennifer Gibney

Woman Searcher #2

Robert Taylor

Election Agent

Kate Perry

Prison Officer's Widow

Anthony Brophy

Prisoner's Leader

Gene Berrills

Merry Mac

Ronan O'Donoghue

Radio Announcer

Richard Neilson

Radio Announcer

Richard Butler

MP (uncredited)

Art

David Wilson

Production Design

Conor Devlin

Art Direction

Carolyn Scott

Set Decoration

Camera

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Danny Bellens

Makeup Artist

Pat Hay

Makeup Designer

Michèle Burke

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Joan Bergin

Costume Design

Stephen Rose

Hairstylist

Directing

Terry George

Director

Editing

Craig McKay

Editor

Production

Kate O'Callaghan

Co-Producer

Rod Stoneman

Executive Producer

Patrick Farrelly

Co-Producer

Arthur Lappin

Producer

Edward Burke

Producer

Helen Mirren

Associate Producer

Jim Sheridan

Producer

Sound

Ron Bochar

Sound Effects Editor

Philip Stockton

Supervising Sound Editor

Steven Visscher

Foley Editor

Lewis Goldstein

Sound Effects Editor

Gina Alfano

Dialogue Editor

Stuart Stanley

Foley Editor

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Pitt

Sound Mixer

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Writing

Art

David Wilson

Production Design

Conor Devlin

Art Direction

Carolyn Scott

Set Decoration

Camera

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Danny Bellens

Makeup Artist

Pat Hay

Makeup Designer

Michèle Burke

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Joan Bergin

Costume Design

Stephen Rose

Hairstylist

Directing

Terry George

Director

Editing

Craig McKay

Editor

Production

Kate O'Callaghan

Co-Producer

Rod Stoneman

Executive Producer

Patrick Farrelly

Co-Producer

Arthur Lappin

Producer

Edward Burke

Producer

Helen Mirren

Associate Producer

Jim Sheridan

Producer

Sound

Ron Bochar

Sound Effects Editor

Philip Stockton

Supervising Sound Editor

Steven Visscher

Foley Editor

Lewis Goldstein

Sound Effects Editor

Gina Alfano

Dialogue Editor

Stuart Stanley

Foley Editor

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Pitt

Sound Mixer

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Writing