Defence of the Realm (1986)
19861h 36mPGActionThriller
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Cast
Gabriel ByrneNicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta ScacchiNina Beckman
Denholm ElliottVernon Bayliss
Ian BannenDennis Markham
Fulton MackayVictor Kingsbrook
Bill PatersonJack Macleod
David CalderHarry Champion- FFrederick TrevesArnold Reece
Robbie ColtraneLeo McAskey
Steven WoodcockSteven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-CookMickey Parker
Annabel LeventonTrudy Markham
Alexei JawdokimovDietrich Kleist
Danny WebbDanny Royce
Prentis HancockFrank Longman- MMichael JohnsonHumphrey Channing
Mark TandyPhilip Henderson- NNicholas Coppin1st Newsroom Deputy
Crew
- Director
- David Drury
- Writers
- Martin Stellman
- Producers
- David PuttnamLynda MylesRobin Douet
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
Details
- Released
- May 9, 1986
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
- IMDb
- tt0089009