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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.
Genre: Best Biography, Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Gerry Toomey, Jean Bourne, Jim Sheridan, Simon Moseley
Actors: Beatie Edney, Corin Redgrave, Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Gerard McSorley, John Benfield, John Lynch, Marie Jones, Paterson Joseph, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Postlethwaite
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Release Date: 1993-12-12
Duration:
2h 13minRelease: 1993
Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. 7 wins & 41 nominations total
IMDb: 8.1
TMDB: 7.899
Metacritic: 84/100