In the Name of the Father
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1993
2h 13m
R
English
Drama
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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.
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Cast
Gerry Conlon
Giuseppe Conlon
Gareth Peirce
Paul Hill
Robert Dixon
Carole Richardson
Chief PO Barker
Benbay
Sarah Conlon
Belfast Detective Pavis
Ronnie Smalls
Paddy Armstrong
Joe McAndrew
Girl in Pub
IRA Man 1
Danny
Tommo
Soldier
Soldier
Soldier
Bin Lady
Female Rioter
IRA Man 2
IRA Man 3
Mother
Directed By: Jim Sheridan
Written By: Jim Sheridan (Screenplay), Terry George (Screenplay)
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Jordyep
/10 4 weeks ago
It has one of those great opening scenes that pulls you in right away. Great staging, amazing music choice, solid writing; just very impressively done overall. What follows is a below average drama in need of better direction. It’s already not the most dramatically compelling story due to the mora More
Ahmetaslan27
10 months ago
**Oscar for Best Duo Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite**strong text****
The movie tries to convey the horrors of injustice, investigation, and rulings under the pretext of emergency laws and terrorism, but the details of these laws make us laugh by today's standards, even not when the film More
The movie tries to convey the horrors of injustice, investigation, and rulings under the pretext of emergency laws and terrorism, but the details of these laws make us laugh by today's standards, even not when the film More
Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
one year ago
**A low-key, much-forgotten but well-executed film.**
This movie is totally forgotten these days. Well, actually, if you're not native or very close to Ireland, I think the very existence and action of the IRA seems like something that ended many years ago, and it doesn't. It was a recent thing, More
This movie is totally forgotten these days. Well, actually, if you're not native or very close to Ireland, I think the very existence and action of the IRA seems like something that ended many years ago, and it doesn't. It was a recent thing, More
Shreyance Parakh
6 years ago
**In the name of INNOCENCE !!**
Sometimes i say to myself **this can't happen to me** for the simple reason that it sounds really unfair to be happening..But watching a movie like this changes all perception of right and wrong, fair and unfair.. Only thing that can be fair in this world is your * More
Sometimes i say to myself **this can't happen to me** for the simple reason that it sounds really unfair to be happening..But watching a movie like this changes all perception of right and wrong, fair and unfair.. Only thing that can be fair in this world is your * More
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