Original Title: In the Name of the Father
Year: 1993
Genre:
Drama, Biography
Category: Miscarriage of Justice, Fathers and Sons, Social Injustice, Fighting the System, Protecting the Innocent
IMDB Rating: 8,1 (DINO Rating: 7,5)
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
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Director: Jim Sheridan
Writer: Gerry Conlon, Terry George
Composer: Trevor Jones
Producer: Gabriel Byrne, Terry George, Nye Heron, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan
Actors: Alison Crosbie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Philip King, Emma Thompson, Nye Heron, Anthony Brophy, Frankie McCafferty, Paul Warriner, Julian Walsh, Stuart Wolfenden, Jo Connor, Karen Carlisle, Seamus Moran, Billy Byrne, Maureen McBride, Jane Nolan, Laurence Griffin, Jason Murtagh, Kelly McKeavney, Joanna Irvine, Fiona Daly, Catherine Dunne, Pete Postlethwaite, Anna Meegan, Marie Jones, Leah McCullagh, John Lynch, Beatie Edney, Saffron Burrows, Mark Sheppard, Jamie Harris, Britta Smith, Don Baker, Barbara Mulcahy, Mick Tohill, Peter Sheridan Sr., Joe McPartland, Stanley Townsend, Corin Redgrave, Gerard McSorley, Tim Perrin, Tony Denham, Rob Spendlove, Phil Davis, Martin Murphy, Richard Graham, Oliver Maguire, Maurice Kehoe, Rachael Dowling, Tina Kellegher, Ronan Wilmot, Maclean Burke, Joe Jeffers, Alistair Findlay, Peter Howitt, Sean Lawlor, Brian de Salvo, Luke Hayden, Aiden Grennell, Daniel Massey, Bosco Hogan, Kenneth Edge, Aine O'Connor, Guy Carleton, John Benfield, Dave Duffy, Martin Dunne, Larry Murphy, Richard Michaelis, Mal Whyte, John Gallagher, Marcus Lynch, Frank Harper, Jer O'Leary, Joe Cashman, Alan Amsby, Paul O'Grady, Owen Conroy, Dee Man Kole, Bernard Pellegrinetti, Emeka Okeki, Alan O'Connor, Mario McGovern, John Joe Fontana, Terry O'Neill, Joey Legaspi, Jimmie Bergin, John Higgins, Paterson Joseph, Malcolm Tierney, Iain Montague, Paul Raynor, Clodagh Conroy, Peter Sheridan, Darren McHugh, Peter Campbell, Alan Barry, Jonathan Ryan, John Pickles, Liam O'Callaghan, Denys Hawthorne, Tom Wilkinson, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Shimmy Marcus, Deirdre Mulrooney, Reamonn O'Byrne, Trevor Stynes
Description: Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon admits that he was in London at the time of the incident. He also admits that he is not a model citizen, having committed a petty robbery while in London. He does however profess his innocence when it comes to the bombing of the Guildford Pub in London in 1974, the event which killed several people inside. A self-professed non-political person, he and his three co-accused, dubbed the Guildford Four, are thought to be provisional members of the IRA. Their self-professed innocence is despite each having signed a statement of guilt which they claim were signed under duress. Their case includes having provable alibis for the time frame of the bombing. And eventually, Joe McAndrew, a known IRA member, admits to the bombing. Dubbed the Maguire Seven, seven others, primarily members of Gerry's extended family including his father Giuseppe, are accused of being accessories to the bombing. Following on the work initiated by Giuseppe, Gerry works on a campaign to ...
Comments: A man's coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
Duration: 133 minutes
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