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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Gerry Conlon
Pete Postlethwaite
as Giuseppe Conlon
Emma Thompson
as Gareth Peirce
John Lynch
as Paul Hill
Corin Redgrave
as Robert Dixon
Beatie Edney
as Carole Richardson
John Benfield
as Chief PO Barker
Paterson Joseph
as Benbay
Marie Jones
as Sarah Conlon
Gerard McSorley
as Belfast Detective Pavis
Frank Harper
as Ronnie Smalls
Mark Sheppard
as Paddy Armstrong
