Movie
In the Name of the Father
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-12-27
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hell's Kitchen
- Country
- Ireland
- Original language
- EN
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
- Frank Harper as Ronnie Smalls
- Mark Sheppard as Paddy Armstrong
Crew
- Jim Sheridan - Director
- Jim Sheridan - Screenplay
- Terry George - Screenplay
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