Were the Guildford Four Compensation?

The film depicts Conlon's attempt to rebuild his shattered relationship with his father but is partly fictional, Conlon never shared a cell with his father. He is reported to have settled with the government for a final payment of compensation in the region of £500,000.

What did the Guildford 4 do?

The bombings in the Surrey town on 5 October 1974 killed four soldiers, a civilian and injured 65. Eleven people - the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven - were wrongly convicted in what became one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice.

Is in the name of the father a true story?

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings, which killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.