Defence of the Realm
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1986-05-09
Runtime: 96 mins
Director: David Drury
Writer: Martin Stellman
Spoken language: English
Genres: Action, Thriller
Original title: Defence of the Realm
Production Companies: Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Greta Scacchi
Denholm Elliott
Ian Bannen
Fulton Mackay
Bill Paterson
David Calder
Frederick Treves
Robbie Coltrane
Steven Woodcock
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Annabel Leventon
Alexei Jawdokimov
Danny Webb
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