Daniel Day-Lewis
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In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.
Feb 25, 1994 · In the Name of the Father: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Alison Crosbie, Philip King, Emma Thompson, Nye Heron. An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well.
- (188K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1994-02-25
Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend ...
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
A feckless young Irishman named Gerry Conlon and three others were charged by the British police with being the IRA terrorists who bombed a pub in Guildford, England, in 1974, and a year later they were convicted and sentenced to life.
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
- 32
Wrongly imprisoned in a British prison for taking part in a 1974 IRA bombing, a son and father from Belfast fight the system to clear their names. 1,806 IMDb 8.1 2 h 13 min 1994. X-Ray R. Drama · Documentary · Bleak · Bold. Available to rent or buy.
Gerry and Paul, Paddy Armstrong and their friend Carole Richardson, known collectively as the Guildford Four, are charged with the bombings. While in a processing facility awaiting trial, Gerry's father is also brought in, accused of being part of the bombmaking conspiracy involving Annie Maguire.
