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.
as Kathleen Quigley
as Annie Higgins
as Gerard Quigley
as Frank Higgins
as Bobby Sands
as Farnsworth
as Harrington
as Danny Boyle
as Alice Quigley
as Father Daly
as Inspector McPeake
as Theresa Higgins
as Liam Quigley
as Government Minister
as Young Turk
as SAS Leader
as British Captain
as Jimmy Higgins
as Cardinal
as Frank Maguire
as Mother Superior
as Rosie Quigley
as Paddy
as John Deegan
as Woman Searcher #1
as Barrister
as Judge
as Prosecutor
as Prison Officer Jones
as Platoon Leader
as Assistant Governor
as Young Son
as Prisoner's Girlfriend
as Prisoner's Sister
as Hunger Striker #1
as Hunger Striker #2
as Cyclist
as Prisoner Murphy
as IRA Man #1
as Girl in Farnsworth's Office
as Woman in Court
as Prison Officer Davis
as Woman Searcher #2
as Election Agent
as Prison Officer's Widow
as Prisoner's Leader
as Merry Mac
as Merry Mac
as Merry Mac
as Radio Announcer
as Radio Announcer
as MP (uncredited)
