In the Name of the Father

Plot

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.

Genres

Drama

Year

1993

Runtime

133 min

Director

Jim Sheridan

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, John Benfield, Paterson Joseph, Marie Jones, Gerard McSorley

TMDB rating

7.9 / 10

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