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Some Mother's Son

6.819961h 52mRMovieDramaHistory

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…

DirectorTerry George
WritersTerry George·Jim Sheridan
ProducersEdward Burke·Arthur Lappin

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Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Terry George

HMHelen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
FFFionnula Flanagan
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
AGAidan Gillen
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
DODavid O'Hara
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
JLJohn Lynch
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
THTom Hollander
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
TWTim Woodward
Tim Woodward
Harrington
CHCiarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
GOGeraldine O'Rawe
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
GMGerard McSorley
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
DGDan Gordon
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
GD
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins

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