The read
Scores higher than 98% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic84/100
2,043 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim SheridanDirector
- Jim SheridanScreenplay
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Terry GeorgeScreenplay
Cast
- Daniel Day-LewisGerry Conlon
- Pete PostlethwaiteGiuseppe Conlon
- Emma ThompsonGareth Peirce
- John LynchPaul Hill
- Corin RedgraveRobert Dixon
- Beatie EdneyCarole Richardson
- John BenfieldChief PO Barker
- Paterson JosephBenbay
- Marie JonesSarah Conlon
- Gerard McSorleyBelfast Detective Pavis
- Frank HarperRonnie Smalls
- Mark SheppardPaddy Armstrong
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1993
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