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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 · In the Name of the Father: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Alison Crosbie, Philip King, Emma Thompson, Nye Heron. An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1994-02-25
Jan 14, 1994 · A feckless young Irishman named Gerry Conlon and three others were charged by the British police with being the IRA terrorists who bombed a pub in Guildford, England, in 1974, and a year later they were convicted and sentenced to life.
TRAILER. Watchlist. 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...
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- 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.
Dec 12, 1993 · A review by Shreyance Parakh. 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.
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 ...
