In the Name of the Father
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, John Benfield, Paterson Joseph, Marie Jones, Gerard McSorley
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Music
- Trevor Jones
- Cinematography
- Peter Biziou
- Cast
- John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, John Benfield, Paterson Joseph, Marie Jones, Gerard McSorley, Frank Harper, Mark Sheppard
Updated July 22, 2026
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