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Film / 1986
Defence of the Realm
Directed by
David Drury
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Gabriel ByrneNicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta ScacchiNina Beckman
Denholm ElliottVernon Bayliss
Ian BannenDennis Markham
Fulton MackayVictor Kingsbrook
Bill PatersonJack Macleod
David CalderHarry Champion
Frederick TrevesArnold Reece
Robbie ColtraneLeo McAskey
Steven WoodcockSteven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-CookMickey Parker
Annabel LeventonTrudy Markham
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Alexei JawdokimovDietrich Kleist
Danny WebbDanny Royce
Prentis HancockFrank Longman
Michael JohnsonHumphrey Channing
Mark TandyPhilip Henderson
Nicholas Coppin1st Newsroom Deputy
Veronica Duffy2nd Newsroom Deputy
David HattonPicture Editor
Laurance RudicCharlie
Philip WhitchurchCuttings Librarian
Beverly AndersonNewscaster
David LyonPolitical Pundit
Pip MillerPolice Sergeant Ross
David HalliwellRemand Centre Screw
John ReesMinister at Funeral
Ravinder Singh ReyettClub Doorman
Noel JohnsonClub Member
Hubert ReesClub Waiter
Oliver Ford DaviesAnthony Clegg
George Ellis JonesDCS Catterick
James FleetMinistry Man
Vass AndersonStrick
Lyndon BrookPugh
William JobHilton
Al MatthewsFirst US Controller
Daniel FoleySecond US Controller
Barbara ColesThird US Controller
John CannonGreenmont Detention Centre Officer
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