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In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.
Feb 25, 1994 · A biographical crime drama about the wrongful imprisonment of an Irish father and son for an I.R.A. bombing they did not commit. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite and more, directed by Jim Sheridan.
- (188K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1994-02-25
Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend ...
- (50)
- Jim Sheridan
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry and Paul, Paddy Armstrong and their friend Carole Richardson, known collectively as the Guildford Four, are charged with the bombings. While in a processing facility awaiting trial, Gerry's father is also brought in, accused of being part of the bombmaking conspiracy involving Annie Maguire.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the acclaimed drama film based on a true story of a wrongfully convicted IRA man. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
Wrongly imprisoned in a British prison for taking part in a 1974 IRA bombing, a son and father from Belfast fight the system to clear their names. 1,806 IMDb 8.1 2 h 13 min 1994. X-Ray R. Drama · Documentary · Bleak · Bold. Available to rent or buy.
He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence. 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.
