Dirty War

Dirty War

90 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Sept. 26, 2004

After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.

Dirty War

90 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Sept. 26, 2004

Dirty War
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers BBC Films, BBC, HBO Films
Original title Dirty War
Directors Daniel Percival
Writers Daniel Percival, Lizzie Mickery

Cast

Louise Delamere

as Liz Corrigan

Alastair Galbraith

as Murray Corrigan

Waleed Elgadi

as Abu Abassi

Martin Savage

as DS Mike Drummer

Koel Purie

as DC Sameena Habibullah

Helen Schlesinger

as Nicola Painswick

Ewan Stewart

as Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Ives

Paul Antony-Barber

as Commander Paul Hardwick

Dorian Healy

as Harper

David Horovitch

as Lambert

Raza Jaffrey

as Rashid Dhar

George Georgiou

as Usman Selcuk