In the Name of the Father (1993)
15
13/12/1993 (GB)
Drama
2h 13m
- 79% (1812 votes)
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In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.
Overview
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.
- Jim SheridanDirector, Screenplay
- Terry GeorgeScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$65,796,862
Keywords
- prison
- rebellion
- based on novel or book
- parent child relationship
- faith
- 1970s
- biography
- northern ireland
- trial
- torture
- terrorism
- ira (irish republican army)
- ireland
- courtroom
- prison riot
- belfast, north ireland
- terrorist bombing
- english police
- father son conflict
- innocent in jail
- father son relationship
- innocent man
- irish history
- corrupt police officials
- petty thief
- irish
- corrupt legal system
- corrupt district attorney
- empathetic
- irish resistance
- irish writer
- british injustice
Top Billed 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
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