Some Mother's Son

Some Mother's Son (1996)

Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1996-09-13
  • User Rating: 6.6/10 from 35 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Hell's Kitchen
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • Director: Terry George
star 6.6/10
From 35 Ratings

Summary

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

    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

  • Grainne Delany

    as Theresa Higgins

  • Ciarán Fitzgerald

    as Liam Quigley

  • Robert Lang

    as Government Minister

  • Stephen Hogan

    as Young Turk

  • Peter Howitt

    as SAS Leader

  • Bosco Hogan

    as British Captain

  • Jimmy Keogh

    as Jimmy Higgins

  • John Kavanagh

    as Cardinal

  • Oliver Maguire

    as Frank Maguire

  • Doreen Keogh

    as Mother Superior

  • Anna Megan

    as Rosie Quigley

  • Hugh O'Donnell

    as Paddy

  • John Higgins

    as John Deegan

  • Joan Sheehy

    as Woman Searcher #1

  • Mal Whyte

    as Barrister

  • Alan Barry

    as Judge

  • Barry Cassin

    as Prosecutor

  • Brian Mallon

    as Prison Officer Jones

  • Sean Lawlor

    as Platoon Leader

  • Michael Sherrie

    as Assistant Governor

  • James Hickey

    as Young Son

  • Karen Carlisle

    as Prisoner's Girlfriend

  • Fiona Higgins

    as Prisoner's Sister

  • Jer O'Leary

    as Hunger Striker #1

  • Tim McDonnell

    as Hunger Striker #2

  • Tony Flynn

    as Cyclist

  • Liam Byrne

    as Prisoner Murphy

  • Pat Mulryan

    as IRA Man #1

  • Valerie Roe

    as Girl in Farnsworth's Office

  • Deirdre McAliskey

    as Woman in Court

  • Michael O'Sullivan

    as Prison Officer Davis

  • Jennifer Gibney

    as Woman Searcher #2

  • Robert Taylor

    as Election Agent

  • Kate Perry

    as Prison Officer's Widow

  • Anthony Brophy

    as Prisoner's Leader

  • Mickey McEneaney

    as Merry Mac

  • Patrick McEneaney

    as Merry Mac

  • Gene Berrills

    as Merry Mac

  • Ronan O'Donoghue

    as Radio Announcer

  • Richard Neilson

    as Radio Announcer

  • Richard Butler

    as MP (uncredited)
Directing Terry George Director
Writing Jim Sheridan Writer
Writing Terry George Writer
Art David Wilson Production Design
Camera Geoffrey Simpson Director of Photography
Editing Craig McKay Editor
Production Nuala Moiselle Casting
Costume & Make-Up Pat Hay Makeup Designer
Sound Gina Alfano Dialogue Editor
Costume & Make-Up Joan Bergin Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Danny Bellens Makeup Artist
Sound Lewis Goldstein Sound Effects Editor
Art Carolyn Scott Set Decoration
Production Edward Burke Producer
Art Conor Devlin Art Direction
Production Kate O'Callaghan Co-Producer
Costume & Make-Up Michèle Burke Special Effects Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Stephen Rose Hairstylist
Production Arthur Lappin Producer
Sound Ron Bochar Sound Effects Editor
Sound Tom Fleischman Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Kam Chan Foley Editor
Production Jim Sheridan Producer
Sound Marko Costanzo Foley Artist
Production Patrick Farrelly Co-Producer
Production Rod Stoneman Executive Producer
Production Helen Mirren Associate Producer
Sound Stuart Stanley Foley Editor
Sound Philip Stockton Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Steven Visscher Foley Editor
Sound John Pitt Sound Mixer

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