Drama

In the Name of the Father

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

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.

Release Date : 1993-12-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hell's KitchenUniversal Pictures

Production Country : United KingdomIrelandUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Gerry Conlon

Original Name : Daniel Day-Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Giuseppe Conlon

Original Name : Pete Postlethwaite

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gareth Peirce

Original Name : Emma Thompson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paul Hill

Original Name : John Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Dixon

Original Name : Corin Redgrave

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carole Richardson

Original Name : Beatie Edney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief PO Barker

Original Name : John Benfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benbay

Original Name : Paterson Joseph

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Conlon

Original Name : Marie Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Belfast Detective Pavis

Original Name : Gerard McSorley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ronnie Smalls

Original Name : Frank Harper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paddy Armstrong

Original Name : Mark Sheppard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe McAndrew

Original Name : Don Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Pub

Original Name : Alison Crosbie

Gender : Male

Character Name : IRA Man 1

Original Name : Nye Heron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danny

Original Name : Anthony Brophy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommo

Original Name : Frankie McCafferty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Paul Warriner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Julian Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Stuart Wolfenden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bin Lady

Original Name : Jo Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Rioter

Original Name : Karen Carlisle

Gender : Male

Character Name : IRA Man 2

Original Name : Seamus Moran

Gender : Male

Character Name : IRA Man 3

Original Name : Billy Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother

Original Name : Maureen McBride

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl with baby

Original Name : Jane Nolan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in riot

Original Name : Laurence Griffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in riot

Original Name : Jason Murtagh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Girl

Original Name : Kelly McKeavney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ann Conlon

Original Name : Joanna Irvine

Gender : Male

Character Name : IRA Woman

Original Name : Fiona Daly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman on Balcony

Original Name : Catherine Dunne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Granny Conlon

Original Name : Anna Megan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bridie Conlon

Original Name : Leah McCullagh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl in Commune

Original Name : Saffron Burrows

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deptford Jim

Original Name : Jamie Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annie Maguire

Original Name : Britta Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marian

Original Name : Barbara Mulcahy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man in Bookies

Original Name : Mick Tohill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manager of Bookies

Original Name : Peter Sheridan Snr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Burke

Original Name : Joe McPartland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hooker's Driver

Original Name : Stanley Townsend

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Tim Perrin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Tony Denham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Rob Spendlove

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Phil Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Martin Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Richard Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Oliver Maguire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Maurice Kehoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policewoman

Original Name : Rachael Dowling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Policewoman

Original Name : Tina Kellegher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paddy Maguire

Original Name : Ronan Wilmot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Vincent Maguire

Original Name : Maclean Burke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Patrick Maguire

Original Name : Joe Jeffers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Forensic Scientist

Original Name : Alistair Findlay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Remand Prison Officer

Original Name : Peter Howitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Remand Prison Officer

Original Name : Sean Lawlor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Remand Prison Officer

Original Name : Brian de Salvo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Remand Prison Officer

Original Name : Luke Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trial Judge

Original Name : Aiden Grennell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Daniel Massey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Defense Counsel

Original Name : Bosco Hogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jury Foreman

Original Name : Kenneth Edge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dixon's Wife

Original Name : Aine O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Admissions Officer

Original Name : Guy Carleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Dave Duffy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Officer

Original Name : Martin Dunne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Prison Officer

Original Name : Larry Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Prisoner

Original Name : Richard Michaelis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Prisoner

Original Name : Mal Whyte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Prisoner

Original Name : John Gallagher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Prisoner

Original Name : Marcus Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner John O'Brien

Original Name : Jer O'Leary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Joey Cashman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Alan Amsby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Paul O'Grady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Owen Conroy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Dee Man Kole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Bernard Pellegrinetti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Emeka Okeki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Alan O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Mario McGovern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : John Joe Fontana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Terry O'Neill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Joey Legaspi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : Jimmie Bergin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner

Original Name : John Higgins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Home Office Official

Original Name : Malcolm Tierney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leader of Delegation

Original Name : Iain Montague

Gender : Male

Character Name : New Chief Prison Officer

Original Name : Paul Raynor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dixon's Secretary

Original Name : Clodagh Conroy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Peter Sheridan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dixon's Son

Original Name : Darren McHugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Government Official

Original Name : Peter Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archivist Jenkins

Original Name : Alan Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scottish Governor

Original Name : Jonathan Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Procedural Court Judge

Original Name : John Pickles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archivist 2

Original Name : Liam O'Callaghan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Appeal Judge

Original Name : Denys Hawthorne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Appeal Prosecutor

Original Name : Tom Wilkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guildford Soldier

Original Name : Philip King

Gender : Male

Reviews

Shreyance Parakh

@shiri4frnz

2021-06-23

**In the name of INNOCENCE !!** Sometimes i say to myself **this can't happen to me** for the simple reason that it sounds really unfair to be happening..But watching a movie like this changes all perception of right and wrong, fair and unfair.. Only thing that can be fair in this world is your **HEART** !! Though **Daniel Day Lewis'** character is not your typical role model from the start, you know that the Heart within isn't black (more so from a scene just before he says 'In all my godforsaken life, I've never known what it was to kill somebody until now')..The transformation of Day Lewis' character from a man who wasn't responsible enough to take care of himself to a man who vows to fight for his father's name is brilliantly heartwarming! It just pains me to see how cruel 'WE' as a species can be to not accept our mistakes, even when we know that it can make someone's life miserable than HELL!! In all the movie is good till the time you don't think of it as someone's life being played out in front of you.As soon as you realize that,it transforms into something you cant just think of as just another brilliant movie.Instead your heart goes out to the people who actually had to go through all this.. Well directed, superbly acted, brilliant,heart breaking and heart warming at the same time !! Those who found it beautiful can go for Hillary Swank's 2010 movie **Conviction** as their next choice of another heartwarming 'eye treat' !

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-11-21

**A low-key, much-forgotten but well-executed film.** This movie is totally forgotten these days. Well, actually, if you're not native or very close to Ireland, I think the very existence and action of the IRA seems like something that ended many years ago, and it doesn't. It was a recent thing, and it still has marks on people and society. The film focuses, in particular, on the case of the “Guildford Four” and the “Maguire Seven”, which was a group of people who were accused of a bomb attack and of collaborating with the IRA, later proving to be if they were all innocent. The acquittal, however, came too late for the family patriarch, who died in prison. The accused were, almost all, related to each other, family or friendship. I don't know the facts very well, although I did read something about the attack and the real case the film was based on, in order to better prepare myself to understand the film and be able to talk about it. As far as I can tell, the film obviously took a lot of liberties to make the story more appealing and dramatic, but nothing that is shockingly out of line with what happened. Daniel Day Lewis was still relatively young here, but he was already showing signs of great talent. He is a focused actor and very responsible with his work, who dedicates himself to what he does and commits himself to the character. And we can see how he adapts to the character, and makes it real and believable and human. I also really enjoyed Pete Postlethwaite's work. I think it's particularly notable the way he allowed himself to age in order to play an older, physically impaired character. Technically, the film is very worthy in its effort to portray the ordeal to which the convicts were subjected, and it does so in a very convincing and credible way. The choice of sets, filming locations and costumes contribute a lot to this. The film works very well on the environment and psyche of the characters, resulting in a dense drama, which may not please those who want a lighter film, but which works very well. The opening credits were well-introduced, even though I don't like the theme song.

Ahmetaslan27

@Ahmetaslan27

2023-05-02

**Oscar for Best Duo Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite**strong text**** The movie tries to convey the horrors of injustice, investigation, and rulings under the pretext of emergency laws and terrorism, but the details of these laws make us laugh by today's standards, even not when the film was shown in 1993. The film exposes us to the shock that the terrorism law at this time could have exposed any innocent person for 7 days without charge, and I believe that it is still present in many countless countries on the globe. The film talks about the true story of the Quartet of Guildford and the Seven of Maguire, a very painful human rights story whose chapters begin with the arrest of the Irish young man Gerry Conlon in England and accusing him, along with three others, of carrying out a terrorist attack to bomb a bar in Guildford. Although Jerry is reckless and has criminal tendencies already, but through the events of the film we realize that Jerry and those with him are innocent, but the investigation and interrogation process shows that it has many impurities and corruption in how to accuse these innocent people. In the Name of the Father, on the surface, talks about justice and the feeling of oppression in the face of injustice. The events of the film are dramatic, revolving around other topics, the most important of which is the relationship between the son and the father and how it develops, as well as how an ugly place such as prison can constitute an opportunity for Jerry to mature in a way that would not have happened if he had not been subjected to injustice. The multiplicity and diversity of the dimensions of the film, in addition to manifestations outside the capabilities of the planet in two scenes and the performance of two actors, who gave the film great importance and a special place for me. If there was an Oscar for best acting duo, the Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite partnership would have given them blindfolded. The character of Giuseppe Conlon has no faults. Even the story of his name, which allowed a wonderful scene to be told, was charming and incredible. He had a strange state of coherence in light of the circumstances in which he was, and in light of his background full of downwardness, which made him follow the rules and laws strictly so as not to violate the law. This flatness made his son Jerry view him as a weakness. But when Jerry realized when he tested himself in facing the same challenges his father faced, he saw his father, Giuseppe Conlon, gain ground and respect in every situation. This movie is incredibly wonderful. It dazzled me and made me follow the events without getting bored.