Movie
In the Name of the Father
1993R2h 13m7.9 / 10
In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
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Synopsis
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Cast, crew and production details
About In the Name of the Father
Cast
Daniel Day-LewisGerry Conlon
Pete PostlethwaiteGiuseppe Conlon
Emma ThompsonGareth Peirce
John LynchPaul Hill
Corin RedgraveRobert Dixon
Beatie EdneyCarole Richardson
John BenfieldChief PO Barker
Paterson JosephBenbayCredits
- Directed by
- Jim Sheridan
- Written by
- Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $65.8M
Production
Hell's KitchenIreland
Themes
1970sbased on novel or bookbelfast, north irelandbiographybritish crimesbritish injusticecorrupt district attorneycorrupt legal systemcourtroomenglish policefaithfather son conflictfather son relationshipinnocent in jail
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