8.9 Score

1993 • 2h 13min • R • Drama

In the Name of the Father

"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.

IMDb 8.1

RT 94%

MC 84

Director

Jim Sheridan

Writers

Jim Sheridan

Terry George

Composer

Trevor Jones

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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

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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 Pa...

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

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