In the Name of the Father
7.9/10
Rating
133 min
Runtime
1993
Release Year
Jim Sheridan
Director
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave
Quick Synopsis
Gerry Conlon, a petty thief from Belfast, is falsely accused and convicted of carrying out an IRA bombing in London. Along with his father and several friends, he is sentenced to prison, where he spends 15 years working to clear his name and prove that they were wrongfully convicted.
Detailed Synopsis of In the Name of the Father
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.
