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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Some Mother's Son

September 13, 1996

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Kathleen Quigley

Annie Higgins

Gerard Quigley

Frank Higgins

Bobby Sands

Farnsworth

Harrington

Danny Boyle

Alice Quigley

Father Daly

Inspector McPeake

Theresa Higgins

Liam Quigley

Government Minister

Young Turk

SAS Leader

British Captain

Jimmy Higgins

Cardinal

Frank Maguire

Mother Superior

Rosie Quigley

Paddy

John Deegan

Woman Searcher #1

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Prison Officer Jones

Platoon Leader

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Young Son

Prisoner's Girlfriend

Prisoner's Sister

Hunger Striker #1

Hunger Striker #2

Cyclist

Prisoner Murphy

IRA Man #1

Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Woman in Court

Prison Officer Davis

Woman Searcher #2

Election Agent

Prison Officer's Widow

Prisoner's Leader

Merry Mac

Merry Mac

Merry Mac

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