In the Name of the Father (1993)

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. prison, rebellion, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, faith, 1970s, biography, northern ireland, trial, torture, terrorism, ira (irish republican army), courtroom, prison riot, belfast, north ireland, terrorist bombing, english police, father son conflict, innocent in jail, father son relationship, innocent man, irish history, corrupt police officials, petty thief, corrupt legal system, corrupt district attorney, empathetic, irish resistance, irish writer