Poster of In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

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. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.

Release Date: 1993-12-12

Original Language: en

Genres: Drama

Rating:

Popularity:

16.579

Cast Members

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

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

Jo Connor

Bin Lady

Karen Carlisle

Female Rioter

Seamus Moran

IRA Man 2

Billy Byrne

IRA Man 3

Jane Nolan

Girl with baby

Laurence Griffin

Boy in riot

Jason Murtagh

Boy in riot

Joanna Irvine

Ann Conlon

Fiona Daly

IRA Woman

Catherine Dunne

Woman on Balcony

Anna Megan

Granny Conlon

Leah McCullagh

Bridie Conlon

Saffron Burrows

Girl in Commune

Jamie Harris

Deptford Jim

Britta Smith

Annie Maguire

Mick Tohill

Man in Bookies

Peter Sheridan Snr.

Manager of Bookies

Joe McPartland

Charlie Burke

Stanley Townsend

Hooker's Driver

Tim Perrin

Detective

Tony Denham

Detective

Rob Spendlove

Detective

Phil Davis

Detective

Martin Murphy

Detective

Maurice Kehoe

Detective

Rachael Dowling

Policewoman

Tina Kellegher

Policewoman

Ronan Wilmot

Paddy Maguire

Maclean Burke

Young Vincent Maguire

Joe Jeffers

Young Patrick Maguire

Alistair Findlay

Forensic Scientist

Peter Howitt

Remand Prison Officer

Sean Lawlor

Remand Prison Officer

Brian de Salvo

Remand Prison Officer

Luke Hayden

Remand Prison Officer

Aiden Grennell

Trial Judge

Daniel Massey

Prosecutor

Bosco Hogan

Defense Counsel

Kenneth Edge

Jury Foreman

Aine O'Connor

Dixon's Wife

Guy Carleton

Prison Admissions Officer

Dave Duffy

Prison Officer

Martin Dunne

Prison Officer

Larry Murphy

Old Prison Officer

Richard Michaelis

Cockney Prisoner

Mal Whyte

Cockney Prisoner

John Gallagher

Cockney Prisoner

Marcus Lynch

Cockney Prisoner

Jer O'Leary

Prisoner John O'Brien

Alan Amsby

Prisoner

Owen Conroy

Prisoner

Emeka Okeki

Prisoner

Malcolm Tierney

Home Office Official

Iain Montague

Leader of Delegation

Paul Raynor

New Chief Prison Officer

Clodagh Conroy

Dixon's Secretary

Darren McHugh

Dixon's Son

Peter Campbell

Government Official

Alan Barry

Archivist Jenkins

Jonathan Ryan

Scottish Governor

John Pickles

Procedural Court Judge

Liam O'Callaghan

Archivist 2

Denys Hawthorne

Appeal Judge

Tom Wilkinson

Appeal Prosecutor

Philip King

Guildford Soldier