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Defence of the Realm(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-05-09
65%
35 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Revenue: $750,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Enigma Productions
The Rank Organisation
National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Movie: Defence of the Realm
Top 10 Billed 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
Robbie Coltrane
Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
Steven Dyce
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