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Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm1986

★6.496 minActionThriller

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.

Director

Writer

Martin Stellman

Stars

Gabriel Byrne Greta Scacchi Denholm Elliott

Cast40

Gabriel Byrne
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta Scacchi
as Nina Beckman
Denholm Elliott
as Vernon Bayliss
Ian Bannen
as Dennis Markham
Fulton Mackay
as Victor Kingsbrook
Bill Paterson
as Jack Macleod
David Calder
as Harry Champion
Frederick Treves
as Arnold Reece
Robbie Coltrane
as Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
as Steven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Mickey Parker
Annabel Leventon
as Trudy Markham
Alexei Jawdokimov
as Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb
as Danny Royce
Prentis Hancock
as Frank Longman
M
Michael Johnson
as Humphrey Channing
Mark Tandy
as Philip Henderson
N
Nicholas Coppin
as 1st Newsroom Deputy
V
Veronica Duffy
as 2nd Newsroom Deputy
David Hatton
as Picture Editor
L
Laurance Rudic
as Charlie
Philip Whitchurch
as Cuttings Librarian
B
Beverly Anderson
as Newscaster
D
David Lyon
as Political Pundit
Pip Miller
as Police Sergeant Ross
D
David Halliwell
as Remand Centre Screw
J
John Rees
as Minister at Funeral
R
Ravinder Singh Reyett
as Club Doorman
Noel Johnson
as Club Member
H
Hubert Rees
as Club Waiter
Oliver Ford Davies
as Anthony Clegg
G
George Ellis Jones
as DCS Catterick
James Fleet
as Ministry Man
Vass Anderson
as Strick
Lyndon Brook
as Pugh
W
William Job
as Hilton
Al Matthews
as First US Controller
D
Daniel Foley
as Second US Controller
B
Barbara Coles
as Third US Controller
John Cannon
as Greenmont Detention Centre Officer

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