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Some Mother's Son

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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Cast (52)

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)

Crew (31)

Directing

Terry George
Director

Writing

Production

Helen Mirren
Associate Producer
Jim Sheridan
Producer
Patrick Farrelly
Co-Producer
Rod Stoneman
Executive Producer
Arthur Lappin
Producer
Edward Burke
Producer
Kate O'Callaghan
Co-Producer

Sound

Lewis Goldstein
Sound Effects Editor
Ron Bochar
Sound Effects Editor
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Kam Chan
Foley Editor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gina Alfano
Dialogue Editor
John Pitt
Sound Mixer
Steven Visscher
Foley Editor
Stuart Stanley
Foley Editor

Art

Carolyn Scott
Set Decoration
David Wilson
Production Design
Conor Devlin
Art Direction

Camera

Geoffrey Simpson
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Joan Bergin
Costume Design
Michèle Burke
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Stephen Rose
Hairstylist
Danny Bellens
Makeup Artist
Pat Hay
Makeup Designer

Crew

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Editing

Craig McKay
Editor

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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