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Defence of the Realm

"Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?"

63
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PG 1986 · 1h 36m
Action, Thriller
Starring Gabriel Byrne · Greta Scacchi · Denholm Elliott
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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.

Theatrical
Sep 6, 1986
Box Office
$750K
Director
David Drury
Producers
Lynda Myles, David Puttnam, Robin Douet
Music
Richard Harvey
Studio
Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation
Keywords
kgb reporter death newspaper man member of parliament
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G
Gabriel Byrne
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
G
Greta Scacchi
Nina Beckman
D
Denholm Elliott
Vernon Bayliss
I
Ian Bannen
Dennis Markham
F
Fulton Mackay
Victor Kingsbrook
B
Bill Paterson
Jack Macleod
D
David Calder
Harry Champion
F
Frederick Treves
Arnold Reece
R
Robbie Coltrane
Leo McAskey
S
Steven Woodcock
Steven Dyce
G
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Mickey Parker
A
Annabel Leventon
Trudy Markham
A
Alexei Jawdokimov
Dietrich Kleist
D
Danny Webb
Danny Royce
P
Prentis Hancock
Frank Longman
M
Michael Johnson
Humphrey Channing
M
Mark Tandy
Philip Henderson
N
Nicholas Coppin
1st Newsroom Deputy
V
Veronica Duffy
2nd Newsroom Deputy
D
David Hatton
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