Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm
Release: 1986-05-09
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 6.4
Action
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Enigma Productions
The Rank Organisation
National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Prentis Hancock
as Frank Longman
Philip Whitchurch
as Cuttings Librarian
Oliver Ford Davies
as Anthony Clegg
Al Matthews
as First US Controller
John Cannon
as Greenmont Detention Centre Officer
Ian Bannen
as Dennis Markham
Bill Paterson
as Jack Macleod
Alexei Jawdokimov
as Dietrich Kleist
Michael Johnson
as Humphrey Channing
Steven Woodcock
as Steven Dyce
Pip Miller
as Police Sergeant Ross
Lyndon Brook
as Pugh
Robbie Coltrane
as Leo McAskey
Graham Fletcher-Cook
as Mickey Parker
Mark Tandy
as Philip Henderson
David Hatton
as Picture Editor
David Calder
as Harry Champion
Vass Anderson
as Strick
Gabriel Byrne
as Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Denholm Elliott
as Vernon Bayliss
Fulton Mackay
as Victor Kingsbrook
Annabel Leventon
as Trudy Markham
Danny Webb
as Danny Royce
James Fleet
as Ministry Man
Greta Scacchi
as Nina Beckman
