In the Name of the Father (1994)

Released on March 15, 1994

The My Left Foot team of star Daniel Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan were reunited to make this political docudrama about Irish citizen Gerry Conlon (Day-Lewis), who was wrongly convicted of taking part in an IRA bombing that killed five in ... Read More

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Daniel Day-Lewis Gerald Conlon

Pete Postlethwaite Guiseppe Conlon

Emma Thompson Gareth Peirce

John Lynch Paul Hill

Corin Redgrave Robert Dixon

Beatie Edney Carole Richardson

John Benfield Chief PO Barker

Gerard McSorley Belfast Detective Pavis

Frank Harper Ronnie Smalls

Don Baker Joe McAndrew

Jim Sheridan Director

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In the Name of the Father