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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.
Theatrical
Feb 25, 1994
Box Office
$65.8M
Budget
$13.0M
Return
5.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 8, 1998
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Hell's Kitchen
Keywords
prison
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
1970s
biography
faith
northern ireland
thief
trial
rebellion
police corruption
torture
terrorism
ira (irish republican army)
ireland
courtroom
prison riot
belfast, north ireland
terrorist bombing
english police
father son conflict
innocent in jail
father son relationship
innocent man
irish history
irish
corrupt legal system
corrupt district attorney
irish resistance
irish writer
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Cast
Full credits →D
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry Conlon
P
Pete Postlethwaite
Giuseppe Conlon
E
Emma Thompson
Gareth Peirce
J
John Lynch
Paul Hill
C
Corin Redgrave
Robert Dixon
B
Beatie Edney
Carole Richardson
J
John Benfield
Chief PO Barker
P
Paterson Joseph
Benbay
M
Marie Jones
Sarah Conlon
G
Gerard McSorley
Belfast Detective Pavis
F
Frank Harper
Ronnie Smalls
M
Mark Sheppard
Paddy Armstrong
D
Don Baker
Joe McAndrew
A
Alison Crosbie
Girl in Pub
N
Nye Heron
IRA Man 1
A
Anthony Brophy
Danny
F
Frankie McCafferty
Tommo
P
Paul Warriner
Soldier
J
Julian Walsh
Soldier
S
Stuart Wolfenden
Soldier
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Quotes
See all →In Pursuit of Truth, Justice, and Love
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In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.
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Fighting for Justice and Truth
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Falsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father's name.
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