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In the Name of the Father( 1993)

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Falsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father’s name.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Daniel Day-Lewis

      Gerry Conlon

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      Pete Postlethwaite

      Giuseppe Conlon

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      Emma Thompson

      Gareth Peirce

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      John Lynch

      Paul Hill

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      Corin Redgrave

      Robert Dixon

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      Beatie Edney

      Carole Richardson

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      John Benfield

      Chief PO Barker

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      Paterson Joseph

      Benbay

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      Marie Jones

      Sarah Conlon

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      Gerard McSorley

      Belfast Detective Pavis

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      Frank Harper

      Ronnie Smalls

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      Mark Sheppard

      Paddy Armstrong

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      Don Baker

      Joe McAndrew

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      Alison Crosbie

      Girl in Pub

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      Nye Heron

      IRA Man 1

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      Anthony Brophy

      Danny

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      Frankie McCafferty

      Tommo

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      Paul Warriner

      Soldier

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      Julian Walsh

      Soldier

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      Stuart Wolfenden

      Soldier

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      Jo Connor

      Bin Lady

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      Karen Carlisle

      Female Rioter

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      Seamus Moran

      IRA Man 2

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      Billy Byrne

      IRA Man 3

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      Maureen McBride

      Mother

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      Jane Nolan

      Girl with baby

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      Laurence Griffin

      Boy in riot

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      Jason Murtagh

      Boy in riot

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      Kelly McKeavney

      Young Girl

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      Joanna Irvine

      Ann Conlon

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      Fiona Daly

      IRA Woman

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      Catherine Dunne

      Woman on Balcony

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      Anna Megan

      Granny Conlon

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      Leah McCullagh

      Bridie Conlon

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      Saffron Burrows

      Girl in Commune

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      Jamie Harris

      Deptford Jim

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      Britta Smith

      Annie Maguire

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      Barbara Mulcahy

      Marian

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      Mick Tohill

      Man in Bookies

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      Peter Sheridan Snr.

      Manager of Bookies

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      Joe McPartland

      Charlie Burke

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      Stanley Townsend

      Hooker's Driver

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      Tim Perrin

      Detective

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      Tony Denham

      Detective

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      Rob Spendlove

      Detective

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      Phil Davis

      Detective

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      Martin Murphy

      Detective

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      Richard Graham

      Detective

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      Oliver Maguire

      Detective

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      Maurice Kehoe

      Detective

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      Rachael Dowling

      Policewoman

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      Tina Kellegher

      Policewoman

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      Ronan Wilmot

      Paddy Maguire

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      Maclean Burke

      Young Vincent Maguire

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      Joe Jeffers

      Young Patrick Maguire

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      Alistair Findlay

      Forensic Scientist

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      Peter Howitt

      Remand Prison Officer

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      Sean Lawlor

      Remand Prison Officer

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      Brian de Salvo

      Remand Prison Officer

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      Luke Hayden

      Remand Prison Officer

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      Aiden Grennell

      Trial Judge

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      Daniel Massey

      Prosecutor

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      Bosco Hogan

      Defense Counsel

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      Kenneth Edge

      Jury Foreman

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      Aine O'Connor

      Dixon's Wife

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      Guy Carleton

      Prison Admissions Officer

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      Dave Duffy

      Prison Officer

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      Martin Dunne

      Prison Officer

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      Larry Murphy

      Old Prison Officer

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      Richard Michaelis

      Cockney Prisoner

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      Mal Whyte

      Cockney Prisoner

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      John Gallagher

      Cockney Prisoner

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      Marcus Lynch

      Cockney Prisoner

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      Jer O'Leary

      Prisoner John O'Brien

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      Joey Cashman

      Prisoner

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      Alan Amsby

      Prisoner

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      Paul O'Grady

      Prisoner

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      Owen Conroy

      Prisoner

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      Dee Man Kole

      Prisoner

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      Bernard Pellegrinetti

      Prisoner

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      Emeka Okeki

      Prisoner

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      Alan O'Connor

      Prisoner

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      Mario McGovern

      Prisoner

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      John Joe Fontana

      Prisoner

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      Terry O'Neill

      Prisoner

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      Joey Legaspi

      Prisoner

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      Jimmie Bergin

      Prisoner

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      John Higgins

      Prisoner

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      Malcolm Tierney

      Home Office Official

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      Iain Montague

      Leader of Delegation

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      Paul Raynor

      New Chief Prison Officer

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      Clodagh Conroy

      Dixon's Secretary

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      Peter Sheridan

      Priest

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      Darren McHugh

      Dixon's Son

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      Peter Campbell

      Government Official

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      Alan Barry

      Archivist Jenkins

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      Jonathan Ryan

      Scottish Governor

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      John Pickles

      Procedural Court Judge

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      Liam O'Callaghan

      Archivist 2

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      Denys Hawthorne

      Appeal Judge

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      Tom Wilkinson

      Appeal Prosecutor

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      Philip King

      Guildford Soldier

    Social

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    A review by Shreyance Parakh

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    Written by Shreyance Parakh on Thu May 04 2017
    **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 **HEART** !! Though **Daniel Day Lewis'** character is not your typical role model from the start, you know that the Heart within isn't black (more so from a scene just before he says 'In all my godforsaken life, I've never known what it was to kill somebody until now')..The transformation of Day L...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    13000000.00

    Revenue

    65796862.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • rebellion
    • based on novel or book
    • parent child relationship
    • faith
    • 1970s
    • biography
    • northern ireland
    • trial
    • torture
    • terrorism
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • ireland
    • courtroom
    • prison riot
    • belfast, north ireland
    • terrorist bombing
    • english police
    • father son conflict
    • innocent in jail
    • father son relationship
    • innocent man
    • irish history
    • corrupt police officials
    • petty thief
    • irish
    • corrupt legal system
    • corrupt district attorney
    • empathetic
    • irish resistance
    • irish writer
    • british injustice