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)
Cast
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
Robbie Coltrane
as Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
as Steven Dyce
Annabel Leventon
as Trudy Markham
Alexei Jawdokimov
as Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb
as Danny Royce
Prentis Hancock
as Frank Longman
Michael Johnson
as Humphrey Channing
Mark Tandy
as Philip Henderson
David Hatton
as Picture Editor
Philip Whitchurch
as Cuttings Librarian
Pip Miller
as Police Sergeant Ross
Oliver Ford Davies
as Anthony Clegg
James Fleet
as Ministry Man
Vass Anderson
as Strick
Lyndon Brook
as Pugh
Al Matthews
as First US Controller
John Cannon
as Greenmont Detention Centre Officer
