Defence of the Realm
1986
1h 36min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
May 1986
Runtime
1h 36min
Director
Revenue
$750,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
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
Frederick Treves
Arnold Reece
Robbie Coltrane
Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
Steven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Mickey Parker
Annabel Leventon
Trudy Markham
Alexei Jawdokimov
Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb
Danny Royce
Prentis Hancock
Frank Longman
Michael Johnson
Humphrey Channing
Mark Tandy
Philip Henderson
Nicholas Coppin
1st Newsroom Deputy
Veronica Duffy
2nd Newsroom Deputy
David Hatton
Picture Editor
Laurance Rudic
Charlie
Philip Whitchurch
Cuttings Librarian
Beverly Anderson
Newscaster
David Lyon
Political Pundit
Pip Miller
Police Sergeant Ross
David Halliwell
Remand Centre Screw
John Rees
Minister at Funeral
Ravinder Singh Reyett
Club Doorman
Noel Johnson
Club Member
Hubert Rees
Club Waiter
Oliver Ford Davies
Anthony Clegg
George Ellis Jones
DCS Catterick
James Fleet
Ministry Man
Vass Anderson
Strick
Lyndon Brook
Pugh
William Job
Hilton
Al Matthews
First US Controller
Daniel Foley
Second US Controller
Barbara Coles
Third US Controller
John Cannon
Greenmont Detention Centre Officer
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