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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.
Jim Sheridan
Casts & Crew
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
Don Baker
Martin Murphy
Alison Crosbie
Philip King
Nye Heron
Anthony Brophy
Frankie McCafferty
Paul Warriner
Julian Walsh
Stuart Wolfenden
Jo Connor
Karen Carlisle
Fiona Daly
Saffron Burrows
Jamie Harris
Britta Smith
Stanley Townsend
Tim Perrin
Tony Denham
Rob Spendlove
Phil Davis
Richard Graham
Oliver Maguire
Rachael Dowling
Tina Kellegher
Ronan Wilmot
Alistair Findlay
Peter Howitt
Sean Lawlor
Brian de Salvo
Luke Hayden
Aiden Grennell
Daniel Massey
Bosco Hogan
Dave Duffy
Mal Whyte
Marcus Lynch
Jer O'Leary
Paul O'Grady
Terry O'Neill
Malcolm Tierney
Peter Sheridan
Alan Barry
Jonathan Ryan
Tom Wilkinson
Denys Hawthorne
Maclean Burke
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