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In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 12, 1993

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Drama

User Score

79%

Original Title

In the Name of the Father

Production Companies

Hell's Kitchen, Universal Pictures

Director

Jim Sheridan

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$65,796,862

Description

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.