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Conlon described his experience of injustice in his book Proved Innocent (1990). He was portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in the film In the Name of the Father (1993). After his release from prison, Conlon had problems adjusting to civilian life, suffering two nervous breakdowns, attempting suicide, and becoming addicted to alcohol and other drugs.
- Gerard Conlon, 1 March 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Convicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment
- Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974
- Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal on 19 October 1989
Box office. $65.8 million [1] 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. [2]
- $13 million
- Trevor Jones
- Jim Sheridan
Aug 11, 2023 · Gerry Conlon in Belfast in 2013. When I later learned of Gerry's death I took all those clips and started editing them like a documentary. I composed some music on the piano and reconstructed his ...
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Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong, Paul Hill and Carole Richardson were jailed in 1975 for the attack on the Horse and Groom pub in Guildford which killed four soldiers and a civilian and injured ...
Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon is talking to Mary-Rachel McCabe. Gerry Conlon was released from prison on 19 th October 1989 after serving 15 years as an innocent man. In November 1974, the then 20-year-old was arrested in Belfast for his supposed part in the IRA pub bombings in Guildford, which killed five people and injured 65.
Aug 1, 1993 · At Ardmore studios outside Dublin, Daniel Day-Lewis, playing Gerry Conlon, eats his final supper surrounded by family. Tucked in a corner, not far from backdrops depicting Belfast, is a jail cell ...
Jun 22, 2014 · Gareth Peirce. Sun 22 Jun 2014 15.34 EDT. When Gerry Conlon, who has died aged 60 of lung cancer, met survivors of the US's Guantánamo Bay detention camp, he found that their 21st-century ...
