Defence of the Realm
ActionThriller
★ 6.3/1019861h 36mPG
Director: David Drury
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.
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
English
Released
May 9, 1986
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
English
Released
May 9, 1986
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta Scacchi
Nina Beckman
Denholm Elliott
Vernon Bayliss
Ian Bannen
Dennis Markham
Fulton Mackay
Victor Kingsbrook
Bill Paterson
Jack Macleod
David Calder
Harry Champion
Frederick Treves
Arnold Reece
Robbie Coltrane
Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
Steven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Mickey Parker
Annabel Leventon
Trudy Markham
Alexei Jawdokimov
Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb
Danny Royce
Prentis Hancock
Frank Longman
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
Humphrey Channing
Mark Tandy
Philip Henderson
Nicholas Coppin
Nicholas Coppin
1st Newsroom Deputy
Veronica Duffy
Veronica Duffy
2nd Newsroom Deputy
David Hatton
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