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In the Name of the Father
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.
1993 · Directed by Jim Sheridan · 133 min · Drama · 16 frames
Tagline
In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Cinematography: Peter Biziou
- Edited by: Gerry Hambling
- Music: Trevor Jones
- Production design: Caroline Amies
- Produced by: Jim Sheridan
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon
- Pete Postlethwaite as Giuseppe Conlon
- Emma Thompson as Gareth Peirce
- John Lynch as Paul Hill
- Corin Redgrave as Robert Dixon
- Beatie Edney as Carole Richardson
- John Benfield as Chief PO Barker
- Paterson Joseph as Benbay
- Marie Jones as Sarah Conlon
- Gerard McSorley as Belfast Detective Pavis
Production
- Country: Ireland
- Language: English
- Studios: Hell's Kitchen
- Budget: $13,000,000
- Box office: $65,796,862
- Themes: prison, rebellion, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, faith, 1970s, biography, northern ireland, trial, thief
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