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In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

True Crime, Biography, Crime, Drama 1994 Jim Sheridan ⏱ 2h 13m EN R ⭐ 7.889 (2,009 votes)
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+acting ~cinematography +writing +direction +music -pacing ~editing +effects +atmosphere

Summary

A true crime film that excels in direction and atmosphere but struggles with pacing. 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.

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis Gerry Conlon Pete Postlethwaite Pete Postlethwaite Giuseppe Conlon Emma Thompson Emma Thompson Gareth Peirce John Lynch John Lynch Paul Hill Corin Redgrave Corin Redgrave Robert Dixon Beatie Edney Beatie Edney Carole Richardson John Benfield John Benfield Chief PO Barker Paterson Joseph Paterson Joseph Benbay Marie Jones Marie Jones Sarah Conlon Gerard McSorley Gerard McSorley Belfast Detective Pavis

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