
In the Name of the Father
In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.
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.
- Year: 1993
- Country: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Hell's Kitchen, Universal Pictures
- Keyword: 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
- Director: Jim Sheridan
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney