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

1993

2h 13m

7.9(1836 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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102 members

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Gerry Conlon

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Pete Postlethwaite

Giuseppe Conlon

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Emma Thompson

Gareth Peirce

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John Lynch

Paul Hill

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Corin Redgrave

Robert Dixon

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Beatie Edney

Carole Richardson

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John Benfield

Chief PO Barker

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Paterson Joseph

Benbay

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Marie Jones

Sarah Conlon

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Gerard McSorley

Belfast Detective Pavis

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Frank Harper

Ronnie Smalls

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Mark Sheppard

Paddy Armstrong

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Don Baker

Joe McAndrew

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Alison Crosbie

Girl in Pub

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Writing

Nye Heron

IRA Man 1

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Anthony Brophy

Danny

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Frankie McCafferty

Tommo

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Paul Warriner

Soldier

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Julian Walsh

Soldier

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Stuart Wolfenden

Soldier

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Jo Connor

Bin Lady

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Karen Carlisle

Female Rioter

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Seamus Moran

IRA Man 2

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Billy Byrne

IRA Man 3

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Maureen McBride

Mother

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Jane Nolan

Girl with baby

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Laurence Griffin

Boy in riot

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Jason Murtagh

Boy in riot

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Kelly McKeavney

Young Girl

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Joanna Irvine

Ann Conlon

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Art

Fiona Daly

IRA Woman

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Catherine Dunne

Woman on Balcony

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Anna Megan

Granny Conlon

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Leah McCullagh

Bridie Conlon

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Saffron Burrows

Girl in Commune

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Jamie Harris

Deptford Jim

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Britta Smith

Annie Maguire

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Barbara Mulcahy

Marian

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Mick Tohill

Man in Bookies

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Peter Sheridan Snr.

Manager of Bookies

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Joe McPartland

Charlie Burke

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Stanley Townsend

Hooker's Driver

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Tim Perrin

Detective

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Tony Denham

Detective

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Rob Spendlove

Detective

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Phil Davis

Detective

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Martin Murphy

Detective

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Richard Graham

Detective

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Oliver Maguire

Detective

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Maurice Kehoe

Detective

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Rachael Dowling

Policewoman

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Tina Kellegher

Policewoman

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Ronan Wilmot

Paddy Maguire

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Maclean Burke

Young Vincent Maguire

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Joe Jeffers

Young Patrick Maguire

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Alistair Findlay

Forensic Scientist

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Peter Howitt

Remand Prison Officer

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Sean Lawlor

Remand Prison Officer

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Brian de Salvo

Remand Prison Officer

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Luke Hayden

Remand Prison Officer

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Aiden Grennell

Trial Judge

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Daniel Massey

Prosecutor

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Bosco Hogan

Defense Counsel

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Kenneth Edge

Jury Foreman

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Aine O'Connor

Dixon's Wife

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Guy Carleton

Prison Admissions Officer

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Dave Duffy

Prison Officer

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Martin Dunne

Prison Officer

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Larry Murphy

Old Prison Officer

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Richard Michaelis

Cockney Prisoner

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Mal Whyte

Cockney Prisoner

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John Gallagher

Cockney Prisoner

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Marcus Lynch

Cockney Prisoner

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Jer O'Leary

Prisoner John O'Brien

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Joey Cashman

Prisoner

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Alan Amsby

Prisoner

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Paul O'Grady

Prisoner

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Owen Conroy

Prisoner

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Dee Man Kole

Prisoner

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Bernard Pellegrinetti

Prisoner

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Emeka Okeki

Prisoner

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Alan O'Connor

Prisoner

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Mario McGovern

Prisoner

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John Joe Fontana

Prisoner

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Terry O'Neill

Prisoner

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Joey Legaspi

Prisoner

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Jimmie Bergin

Prisoner

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John Higgins

Prisoner

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Malcolm Tierney

Home Office Official

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Iain Montague

Leader of Delegation

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Paul Raynor

New Chief Prison Officer

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Art

Clodagh Conroy

Dixon's Secretary

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Writing

Peter Sheridan

Priest

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Darren McHugh

Dixon's Son

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Peter Campbell

Government Official

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Alan Barry

Archivist Jenkins

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Jonathan Ryan

Scottish Governor

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John Pickles

Procedural Court Judge

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Liam O'Callaghan

Archivist 2

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Denys Hawthorne

Appeal Judge

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Tom Wilkinson

Appeal Prosecutor

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Philip King

Guildford Soldier

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