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In the Name of the Father

In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.

1993 · R · 2h 13m

Directed by Jim Sheridan

7.9

TMDB audience score
2,077 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Daniel Day-Lewis
    Gerry Conlon

  • Pete Postlethwaite
    Giuseppe Conlon

  • Emma Thompson
    Gareth Peirce

  • John Lynch
    Paul Hill

  • Corin Redgrave
    Robert Dixon

  • Beatie Edney
    Carole Richardson

  • John Benfield
    Chief PO Barker

  • Paterson Joseph
    Benbay

  • Marie Jones
    Sarah Conlon

  • Gerard McSorley
    Belfast Detective Pavis

  • Frank Harper
    Ronnie Smalls

  • Mark Sheppard
    Paddy Armstrong

  • Don Baker
    Joe McAndrew

  • Alison Crosbie
    Girl in Pub

  • Nye Heron
    IRA Man 1

  • Anthony Brophy
    Danny

  • Frankie McCafferty
    Tommo

  • Paul Warriner
    Soldier