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.
Title | Defence of the Realm |
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Year | 1986 |
Genre | Action, Thriller |
Country | United Kingdom |
Studio | Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) |
Cast | Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson |
Crew | David Drury (Director), Martin Stellman (Writer), Robin Douet (Producer), Lynda Myles (Producer), David Puttnam (Executive Producer), Roger Deakins (Director of Photography) |
Keyword | kgb, reporter, death, newspaper man, member of parliament |
Release | May 09, 1986 |
Runtime | 96 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.50 / 10 by 34 users |
Popularity | 26 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 750,000 |
Language | English |