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Defence of the Realm (1986)

Defence of the Realm (1986)

Action Thriller

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

Release Date: 1986, May 9
Directors: David Drury
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Enigma Productions, Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Cast: Michael Johnson, Robbie Coltrane, James Fleet, John Cannon, Gabriel Byrne, Denholm Elliott, John Rees, Al Matthews, Barbara Coles, Ian Bannen, Oliver Ford Davies, Vass Anderson

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.

Keywords:

death reporter kgb newspaper man member of parliament