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In the Name of the Father

78.97999999999999 %|Dec 12, 1993|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Jim Sheridan
Director
Jim Sheridan
Screenplay
Jim Sheridan
Producer
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
Peter Biziou
Director of Photography
Gerry Hambling
Editor
Caroline Amies
Production Design
Peter Biziou
Cinematography

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Cast

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry Conlon
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Pete Postlethwaite
Giuseppe Conlon
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Emma Thompson
Gareth Peirce
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John Lynch
Paul Hill
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Corin Redgrave
Robert Dixon
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Beatie Edney
Carole Richardson
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John Benfield
Chief PO Barker
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Marie Jones
Sarah Conlon
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Gerard McSorley
Belfast Detective Pavis
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Frank Harper
Ronnie Smalls
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Mark Sheppard
Paddy Armstrong
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Don Baker
Joe McAndrew
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Alison Crosbie
Girl in Pub
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Nye Heron
IRA Man 1
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Jo Connor
Bin Lady
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Karen Carlisle
Female Rioter
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Seamus Moran
IRA Man 2
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Billy Byrne
IRA Man 3
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Jane Nolan
Girl with baby
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Laurence Griffin
Boy in riot
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Jason Murtagh
Boy in riot
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Kelly McKeavney
Young Girl
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Joanna Irvine
Ann Conlon
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Fiona Daly
IRA Woman
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Catherine Dunne
Woman on Balcony
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Anna Megan
Granny Conlon
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Leah McCullagh
Bridie Conlon
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Saffron Burrows
Girl in Commune
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Jamie Harris
Deptford Jim
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Britta Smith
Annie Maguire
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Mick Tohill
Man in Bookies
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Peter Sheridan Snr.
Manager of Bookies
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Joe McPartland
Charlie Burke
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Stanley Townsend
Hooker's Driver
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Tim Perrin
Detective
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Tony Denham
Detective
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Rob Spendlove
Detective
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Phil Davis
Detective
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Martin Murphy
Detective
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Maurice Kehoe
Detective
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Rachael Dowling
Policewoman
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Tina Kellegher
Policewoman
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Ronan Wilmot
Paddy Maguire
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Maclean Burke
Young Vincent Maguire
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Joe Jeffers
Young Patrick Maguire
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Alistair Findlay
Forensic Scientist
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Peter Howitt
Remand Prison Officer
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Sean Lawlor
Remand Prison Officer
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Brian de Salvo
Remand Prison Officer
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Luke Hayden
Remand Prison Officer
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Aiden Grennell
Trial Judge
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Daniel Massey
Prosecutor
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Bosco Hogan
Defense Counsel
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Kenneth Edge
Jury Foreman
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Aine O'Connor
Dixon's Wife
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Guy Carleton
Prison Admissions Officer
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Dave Duffy
Prison Officer
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Martin Dunne
Prison Officer
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Larry Murphy
Old Prison Officer
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Richard Michaelis
Cockney Prisoner
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Mal Whyte
Cockney Prisoner
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John Gallagher
Cockney Prisoner
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Marcus Lynch
Cockney Prisoner
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Jer O'Leary
Prisoner John O'Brien
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Joey Cashman
Prisoner
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Alan Amsby
Prisoner
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Paul O'Grady
Prisoner
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Owen Conroy
Prisoner
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Dee Man Kole
Prisoner
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Emeka Okeki
Prisoner
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Joey Legaspi
Prisoner
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John Higgins
Prisoner
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Malcolm Tierney
Home Office Official
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Iain Montague
Leader of Delegation
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Paul Raynor
New Chief Prison Officer
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Clodagh Conroy
Dixon's Secretary
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Darren McHugh
Dixon's Son
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Peter Campbell
Government Official
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Alan Barry
Archivist Jenkins
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Jonathan Ryan
Scottish Governor
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John Pickles
Procedural Court Judge
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Liam O'Callaghan
Archivist 2
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Denys Hawthorne
Appeal Judge
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Tom Wilkinson
Appeal Prosecutor
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Philip King
Guildford Soldier