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Defence of the Realm

1986
Directed byDavid Drury
1h 36m

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.

CAST
Gabriel ByrneNicholas 'Nick' MullenGreta ScacchiNina BeckmanDenholm Elliott
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Vernon Bayliss
Ian BannenDennis Markham
Fulton MackayVictor Kingsbrook
Bill PatersonJack Macleod
David CalderHarry Champion
Frederick TrevesArnold Reece
Robbie ColtraneLeo McAskey
Steven WoodcockSteven Dyce
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GENRES
ActionThriller
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Enigma ProductionsThe Rank OrganisationNational Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
RATING
6.5

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