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In the Name of the Father (1993)

In the Name of the Father (1993)

Drama

In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.

Release Date: 1993, December 27
Directors: Jim Sheridan
Countries: Ireland
Production: Hell's Kitchen
Cast: Paterson Joseph, Pete Postlethwaite, Malcolm Tierney, Emma Thompson, Tom Wilkinson, Saffron Burrows, Jamie Harris, Maclean Burke, Stanley Townsend, Oliver Maguire, Sean Lawlor, Martin Murphy

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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