Movie

Some Mother's Son

Released: September 13, 1996 (1996)

Runtime: 112 minutes

Genres: Drama, History

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Fionnula Flanagan as Annie Higgins
Age at release: 54
Helen Mirren as Kathleen Quigley
Age at release: 51
Gerard McSorley as Father Daly
Age at release: 45
Tim Woodward as Harrington
Age at release: 43
Ciarán Hinds as Danny Boyle
Age at release: 43
John Lynch as Bobby Sands
Age at release: 34
David O'Hara as Frank Higgins
Age at release: 31
Tom Hollander as Farnsworth
Age at release: 29
Aidan Gillen as Gerard Quigley
Age at release: 28
Geraldine O'Rawe as Alice Quigley
Age at release: 25

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Doreen Keogh as Mother Superior
Age at release: 70
Robert Lang as Government Minister
Age at release: 61
John Kavanagh as Cardinal
Age at release: 50
Sean Lawlor as Platoon Leader
Age at release: 42
Peter Howitt as SAS Leader
Age at release: 39
Dan Gordon as Inspector McPeake
Age at release: 33
Ciarán Fitzgerald as Liam Quigley
Age at release: 13
Grainne Delany as Theresa Higgins
Age at release: Unknown
Stephen Hogan as Young Turk
Age at release: Unknown
Bosco Hogan as British Captain
Age at release: Unknown
Jimmy Keogh as Jimmy Higgins
Age at release: Unknown
Oliver Maguire as Frank Maguire
Age at release: Unknown
Anna Megan as Rosie Quigley
Age at release: Unknown
Hugh O'Donnell as Paddy
Age at release: Unknown
John Higgins as John Deegan
Age at release: Unknown
Joan Sheehy as Woman Searcher #1
Age at release: Unknown
Mal Whyte as Barrister
Age at release: Unknown
Alan Barry as Judge
Age at release: Unknown
Barry Cassin as Prosecutor
Age at release: Unknown
Brian Mallon as Prison Officer Jones
Age at release: Unknown