Story Line
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.
“In the name of truth... In the name of justice... In the name of love.”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1993-12-27
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (4)
Shreyance Parakh
10/10
•5/4/2017**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.. O...
Filipe Manuel Neto
6/10
•11/21/2022**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 ...
Ahmetaslan27
9/10
•5/2/2023**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 l...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/6/2026Tensions in Britain are running high after indiscriminate bombings in IRA defined “army pubs” in Guildford have left five people dead and scores injured. Unluckily, petty thief Gerry Conlan (Daniel Day Lewis) had been in nearby London at the time and...