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In the Name of the Father

1993·133 min

In the Name of the Father

Directed by Jim Sheridan

Drama

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.

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Gerry Conlon

Pete Postlethwaite

Giuseppe Conlon

Gareth Peirce

Paul Hill

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Corin Redgrave

Robert Dixon

Carole Richardson

Chief PO Barker

Paterson Joseph

Benbay

Sarah Conlon

Gerard McSorley

Belfast Detective Pavis

Ronnie Smalls

Paddy Armstrong

Joe McAndrew

Girl in Pub

IRA Man 1

Danny

Frankie McCafferty

Tommo

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In the Name of the Father (1993) is about 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.

Who directed In the Name of the Father?

Jim Sheridan directed In the Name of the Father (1993).

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