Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm

96 mins | Action, Thriller | Sept. 6, 1986

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.

Defence of the Realm

96 mins | Action, Thriller | Sept. 6, 1986

Defence of the Realm
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers The Rank Organisation, Enigma Productions, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
Original title Defence of the Realm
Directors Ene Watts, David Drury
Writers Martin Stellman

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

Frederick Treves

as Arnold Reece

Robbie Coltrane

as Leo McAskey

Steven Woodcock

as Steven Dyce

Graham Fletcher-Cook

as Mickey Parker

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

Nicholas Coppin

as 1st Newsroom Deputy

Veronica Duffy

as 2nd Newsroom Deputy

David Hatton

as Picture Editor

Laurance Rudic

as Charlie

Philip Whitchurch

as Cuttings Librarian

Beverly Anderson

as Newscaster

David Lyon

as Political Pundit

Pip Miller

as Police Sergeant Ross

David Halliwell

as Remand Centre Screw

John Rees

as Minister at Funeral

Ravinder Singh Reyett

as Club Doorman

Noel Johnson

as Club Member

Hubert Rees

as Club Waiter

Oliver Ford Davies

as Anthony Clegg

George Ellis Jones

as DCS Catterick

James Fleet

as Ministry Man

Vass Anderson

as Strick

Lyndon Brook

as Pugh

William Job

as Hilton

Al Matthews

as First US Controller

Daniel Foley

as Second US Controller

Barbara Coles

as Third US Controller