Defence of the Realm (1986)

6.5/10 • 96 min • Action Thriller

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.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Greta Scacchi

Denholm Elliott

Ian Bannen

Fulton Mackay

Victor Kingsbrook

Bill Paterson

David Calder

Robbie Coltrane

Steven Woodcock

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Annabel Leventon

Alexei Jawdokimov

Dietrich Kleist

Danny Webb

Prentis Hancock

Mark Tandy

Philip Henderson

David Hatton

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