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In the Name of the Father

Name: In the Name of the Father
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-12-27
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave

In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.

Movie1993133 minRDrama

Avg Score

Critic Scores

IMDb

8.1/10

200972 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Tomatometer

Metacritic

84/100

Metascore

Overview

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.

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

Gerry Conlon

Pete Postlethwaite

Giuseppe Conlon

Emma Thompson

Gareth Peirce

John Lynch

Paul Hill

Corin Redgrave

Robert Dixon

Beatie Edney

Carole Richardson

John Benfield

Chief PO Barker

Paterson Joseph

Benbay

Marie Jones

Sarah Conlon

Gerard McSorley

Belfast Detective Pavis

Frank Harper

Ronnie Smalls

Mark Sheppard

Paddy Armstrong

Details

Director: Jim Sheridan
Writer: Gerry Conlon, Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Released: 25 Feb 1994
Box office: $25,096,862
Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. 7 wins & 41 nominations total

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