---
title: 'In the Name of the Father (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim Sheridan'
released: '1993-12-12'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-name-of-the-father-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107207/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# In the Name of the Father (1993)

1993 · 133 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, United States, Ireland


## Synopsis

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical crime drama film produced and directed by Jim Sheridan, and written by Sheridan and Terry George, based on the 1990 autobiography Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, it tells the story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan)
- **Screenplay:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan), [Terry George](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-george)
- **Producer:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Trevor Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Biziou](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-biziou)
- **Editor:** [Gerry Hambling](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-hambling)

## Cast

- [John Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lynch) as Paul Hill
- [Don Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-baker) as Joe McAndrew
- [John Benfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-benfield)
- [Gerard McSorley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-mcsorley)
- [Stuart Wolfenden](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-wolfenden)
- [Frank Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-harper) as Ronnie Smalls
- [Marie Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-jones) as Sarah Conlon
- [Emma Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-thompson) as Gareth Peirce
- [Jamie Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-harris)
- [Beatie Edney](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatie-edney) as Carole Richardson
- [Saffron Burrows](https://cinepixo.com/people/saffron-burrows)
- [Mark Sheppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-sheppard) as Paddy Armstrong
- [Jürgen Rißmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-ri-mann)
- [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-day-lewis) as Gerry Conlon
- [Tom Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilkinson) as Appeal Prosecutor

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