Defence of the Realm (1986)

"Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?"

6.4 May 9, 1986 1h 36m Released
ActionThriller

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.

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Cast

  • Gabriel Byrne

    Gabriel Byrne

    Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen

  • Greta Scacchi

    Greta Scacchi

    Nina Beckman

  • Denholm Elliott

    Denholm Elliott

    Vernon Bayliss

  • Ian Bannen

    Ian Bannen

    Dennis Markham

  • Fulton Mackay

    Fulton Mackay

    Victor Kingsbrook

  • Bill Paterson

    Bill Paterson

    Jack Macleod

  • David Calder

    David Calder

    Harry Champion

  • Frederick Treves

    Frederick Treves

    Arnold Reece

  • Robbie Coltrane

    Robbie Coltrane

    Leo McAskey

  • Steven Woodcock

    Steven Woodcock

    Steven Dyce

  • Graham Fletcher-Cook

    Graham Fletcher-Cook

    Mickey Parker

  • Annabel Leventon

    Annabel Leventon

    Trudy Markham

  • Alexei Jawdokimov

    Alexei Jawdokimov

    Dietrich Kleist

  • Danny Webb

    Danny Webb

    Danny Royce

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