Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1986-05-09
Duration:96 min
Director:David Drury
Actors:Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay
Production:Enigma Productions, The Rank Organisation, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)

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.

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