Some Mother's Son
“Between love and loyalty... Between life and death... Lies a choice no mother should have to make.”
19961h 52mDrama · History
Released
September 13, 1996
TMDB Score
68% match · 42 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorTerry George
- Released
- September 13, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment
Top Billed Cast
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
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