Defence of the Realm

May 9, 1986

1h 36m

★ 6.4

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

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.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

Enigma Productions

The Rank Organisation

National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)

Defence of the Realm Trailers

Cast

Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

Gabriel Byrne

Nina Beckman

Greta Scacchi

Vernon Bayliss

Denholm Elliott

Dennis Markham

Ian Bannen

Victor Kingsbrook

Fulton Mackay

Jack Macleod

Bill Paterson

Harry Champion

David Calder

Arnold Reece

Frederick Treves

Leo McAskey

Robbie Coltrane

Steven Dyce

Steven Woodcock

Mickey Parker

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Trudy Markham

Annabel Leventon

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