Defence of the Realm
1986
Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?
- David Drury
- 1h 36m
- May 9, 1986 · United Kingdom
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 9, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Fulton Mackay,Veronica Duffy,David Hatton,Hubert Rees,Denholm Elliott,Prentis Hancock,Daniel Foley,Annabel Leventon,Lyndon Brook,Danny Webband 30 more
- Director
- David Drury
- Writer
- Martin Stellman
- Producer
- David Puttnam,Robin Douet,Lynda Myles
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $750,000
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