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.
Released: 1993
Genre:
Drama
Casts:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, John Benfield, Paterson Joseph, Marie Jones, Gerard McSorley, Frank Harper, Mark Sheppard, Don Baker, Martin Murphy, Alison Crosbie, Philip King, Nye Heron, Anthony Brophy, Frankie McCafferty, Paul Warriner, Julian Walsh, Stuart Wolfenden, Jo Connor, Karen Carlisle, Fiona Daly, Saffron Burrows, Jamie Harris, Britta Smith, Stanley Townsend, Tim Perrin, Tony Denham, Rob Spendlove, Phil Davis, Richard Graham, Oliver Maguire, Rachael Dowling, Tina Kellegher, Ronan Wilmot, Alistair Findlay, Peter Howitt, Sean Lawlor, Brian de Salvo, Luke Hayden, Aiden Grennell, Daniel Massey, Bosco Hogan, Dave Duffy, Mal Whyte, Marcus Lynch, Jer O'Leary, Paul O'Grady, Terry O'Neill, Malcolm Tierney, Peter Sheridan, Alan Barry, Jonathan Ryan, Tom Wilkinson, Denys Hawthorne, Maclean Burke