In the Name of the Father
1993 • Drama
Jim Sheridan
Director
Status
Released
Release date
December 12, 1993
Duration
133 Min
Language
en
Popularity
21.596
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$65,796,862
Overview
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.
Cast
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
Anthony Brophy
Frankie McCafferty
Saffron Burrows
Jamie Harris
Stanley Townsend
Tony Denham
Phil Davis
Martin Murphy
Richard Graham
Oliver Maguire
Rachael Dowling
Tina Kellegher
Maclean Burke
Alistair Findlay
Peter Howitt
Sean Lawlor
Brian de Salvo
Luke Hayden
Daniel Massey
Bosco Hogan
Dave Duffy
Mal Whyte
Jer O'Leary
Paul O'Grady
Terry O'Neill
Malcolm Tierney
Jonathan Ryan
Denys Hawthorne
Tom Wilkinson
