In the Name of the Father
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
Release Date
December 12, 1993Runtime
133 minRating
RGenres
DramaDirected by
Jim Sheridan, Gerry Toomey, Jean Bourne, Simon MoseleyScreenplay by
Jim Sheridan, Terry GeorgeLanguage
EnglishBudget
$13,000,000Revenue
$65,796,862Status
ReleasedCast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry ConlonPete Postlethwaite
Giuseppe ConlonEmma Thompson
Gareth PeirceJohn Lynch
Paul HillCorin Redgrave
Robert DixonBeatie Edney
Carole RichardsonJohn Benfield
Chief PO BarkerPaterson Joseph
BenbayMarie Jones
Sarah ConlonGerard McSorley
Belfast Detective PavisFrank Harper
Ronnie SmallsMark Sheppard
Paddy ArmstrongAnthony Brophy
DannyFrankie McCafferty
TommoSaffron Burrows
Girl in CommuneJamie Harris
Deptford JimStanley Townsend
Hooker's DriverPhil Davis
DetectiveMartin Murphy
DetectiveRichard Graham
DetectiveOliver Maguire
DetectiveTina Kellegher
PolicewomanMaclean Burke
Young Vincent MaguireAlistair Findlay
Forensic ScientistPeter Howitt
Remand Prison OfficerSean Lawlor
Remand Prison OfficerBrian de Salvo
Remand Prison OfficerLuke Hayden
Remand Prison OfficerDaniel Massey
ProsecutorBosco Hogan
Defense CounselDave Duffy
Prison OfficerMal Whyte
Cockney PrisonerJer O'Leary
Prisoner John O'BrienPaul O'Grady
PrisonerTerry O'Neill
PrisonerMalcolm Tierney
Home Office OfficialJonathan Ryan
Scottish GovernorDenys Hawthorne
Appeal JudgeTom Wilkinson
Appeal ProsecutorImages
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