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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.
Theatrical
Dec 25, 1996
Director
Producers
Edward Burke, Kate O'Callaghan, Arthur Lappin
Studio
Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →H
Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
F
Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
A
Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
D
David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
J
John Lynch
Bobby Sands
T
Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
T
Tim Woodward
Harrington
C
Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
G
Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
G
Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
D
Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
C
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
R
Robert Lang
Government Minister
S
Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
P
Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
B
Bosco Hogan
British Captain
J
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins
J
John Kavanagh
Cardinal
O
Oliver Maguire
Frank Maguire
D
Doreen Keogh
Mother Superior
