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In the Name of the Father
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
R
1993
2h 13m
Drama
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Biography
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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. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
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Cast of In the Name of the Father
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gerry Conlon
Pete Postlethwaite
Giuseppe Conlon
Emma Thompson
Gareth Peirce
John Lynch
Paul Hill
Corin Redgrave
Robert Dixon
Beatie Edney
Carole Richardson
John Benfield
Chief PO Barker
Paterson Joseph
Benbay
Marie Jones
Sarah Conlon
Gerard McSorley
Belfast Detective Pavis
Frank Harper
Ronnie Smalls
Mark Sheppard
Paddy Armstrong
Don Baker
Joe McAndrew
Alison Crosbie
Girl in Pub
Nye Heron
IRA Man 1
Anthony Brophy
Danny
Frankie McCafferty
Tommo
Paul Warriner
Soldier
Julian Walsh
Soldier
Stuart Wolfenden
Soldier
Jo Connor
Bin Lady
Karen Carlisle
Female Rioter
Seamus Moran
IRA Man 2
Billy Byrne
IRA Man 3
Maureen McBride
Mother
Jane Nolan
Girl with baby
Laurence Griffin
Boy in riot
Jason Murtagh
Boy in riot
Kelly McKeavney
Young Girl
Joanna Irvine
Ann Conlon
Fiona Daly
IRA Woman
Catherine Dunne
Woman on Balcony
Anna Megan
Granny Conlon
Leah McCullagh
Bridie Conlon
Saffron Burrows
Girl in Commune
Jamie Harris
Deptford Jim
Britta Smith
Annie Maguire
Barbara Mulcahy
Marian
Mick Tohill
Man in Bookies
Peter Sheridan Snr.
Manager of Bookies
Joe McPartland
Charlie Burke
Stanley Townsend
Hooker's Driver
Tim Perrin
Detective
Tony Denham
Detective
Rob Spendlove
Detective
Phil Davis
Detective
Martin Murphy
Detective
Richard Graham
Detective
Oliver Maguire
Detective
Maurice Kehoe
Detective
Rachael Dowling
Policewoman
Tina Kellegher
Policewoman
Ronan Wilmot
Paddy Maguire
Maclean Burke
Young Vincent Maguire
Joe Jeffers
Young Patrick Maguire
Alistair Findlay
Forensic Scientist
Peter Howitt
Remand Prison Officer
Sean Lawlor
Remand Prison Officer
Brian de Salvo
Remand Prison Officer
Luke Hayden
Remand Prison Officer
Aiden Grennell
Trial Judge
Daniel Massey
Prosecutor
Bosco Hogan
Defense Counsel
Kenneth Edge
Jury Foreman
Aine O'Connor
Dixon's Wife
Guy Carleton
Prison Admissions Officer
Dave Duffy
Prison Officer
Martin Dunne
Prison Officer
Larry Murphy
Old Prison Officer
Richard Michaelis
Cockney Prisoner
Mal Whyte
Cockney Prisoner
John Gallagher
Cockney Prisoner
Marcus Lynch
Cockney Prisoner
Jer O'Leary
Prisoner John O'Brien
Joey Cashman
Prisoner
Alan Amsby
Prisoner
Paul O'Grady
Prisoner
Owen Conroy
Prisoner
Dee Man Kole
Prisoner
Bernard Pellegrinetti
Prisoner
Emeka Okeki
Prisoner
Alan O'Connor
Prisoner
Mario McGovern
Prisoner
John Joe Fontana
Prisoner
Terry O'Neill
Prisoner
Joey Legaspi
Prisoner
Jimmie Bergin
Prisoner
John Higgins
Prisoner
Malcolm Tierney
Home Office Official
Iain Montague
Leader of Delegation
Paul Raynor
New Chief Prison Officer
Clodagh Conroy
Dixon's Secretary
Peter Sheridan
Priest
Darren McHugh
Dixon's Son
Peter Campbell
Government Official
Alan Barry
Archivist Jenkins
Jonathan Ryan
Scottish Governor
John Pickles
Procedural Court Judge
Liam O'Callaghan
Archivist 2
Denys Hawthorne
Appeal Judge
Tom Wilkinson
Appeal Prosecutor
Philip King
Guildford Soldier
In the Name of the Father Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
John Hartl
At every point, Day-Lewis is at the center of the story, and he carries the film with an impassioned performance. It helps that it's a great part.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
The complicated relationship between the rebellious Gerry and the quietly tormented Giuseppe is one focus of the film. The obvious political implications of the dreadful situation are another.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
[Day-Lewis] proves here once again that he is one of the most talented and interesting actors of his generation.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
Day-Lewis, so intricately repressed in The Age of Innocence, here offers a role reversal in an unreserved and emotional performance that throws caution and inhibition to the winds.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
Daniel Day-Lewis is remarkable.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
[Sheridan] works with such piercing fervor and intelligence that In the Name of the Father just about transcends its tidy moral design.
Austin Chronicle
Robert Faires
It is an injection into a society at war, Northern Ireland and England in the Seventies and a compelling account of a son and father making their peace.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Jim Sheridan tells his gripping tale with a fury that stokes up an audience the way early Costa Gavras movies used to do.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
In the Name of the Father is a model of this kind of engaged, enraged filmmaking, a politically charged Fugitive that uses one of the most celebrated cases of recent British history to steamroller an audience with the power of rousing, polemical cinema.
The New Yorker
Terrence Rafferty
The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their character, and it's terrifically effective.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
By the end of the movie, whether or not you're a member of Sinn Fein, the Brits' brutality toward the Conlons will get your Irish up.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Miscarried justice often provides the vehicle for emotionally wrenching drama and histrionic fireworks, and such is the case in spades with In the Name of the Father.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The acting's so good it frequently transcends the simplicities of the script, and whenever Day-Lewis or Postlethwaite is on-screen the movie crackles.
New York Times
Francis X. Clines
The film offers layers of dramatic detail for those who might be confused at points but teased to inquire further.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
The film takes forever to do what 60 Minutes does with the same meat in a single segment.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
As good a compromise of fact and fiction as you could hope for -- and still call it a movie.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Candice Russell
In the Name of the Father is a deeply stirring film that lessens the moral authority of the I.R.A., English soldiers in Ireland, the British police and the British government.
People Magazine
If Sheridan didn't feel the need to pile on the pedantic subtexts, this would be an absorbing personal drama, rather than a vituperative, question-begging broadside.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Day-Lewis outdoes his acclaimed performance in My Left Foot, making Gerry a character of palpable realness and complexity.
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