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In the Name of the Father
“In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.”
Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry Conlon
Pete Postlethwaite
Giuseppe Conlon
Emma Thompson
Gareth Peirce
John Lynch
Paul Hill
Corin Redgrave
Robert Dixon
Beatie Edney
Carole Richardson
John Benfield
Chief PO Barker
Paterson Joseph
Benbay
Marie Jones
Sarah Conlon
Gerard McSorley
Belfast Detective Pavis
Frank Harper
Ronnie Smalls
Mark Sheppard
Paddy Armstrong
Don Baker
Joe McAndrew
Alison Crosbie
Girl in Pub
Nye Heron
IRA Man 1
Anthony Brophy
Danny
Frankie McCafferty
Tommo
Paul Warriner
Soldier
Julian Walsh
Soldier
Stuart Wolfenden
Soldier
Synopsis
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.
Where to watch
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