Defence of the Realm (1986)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 6, 1986Release Date
Defence of the Realm (1986)
1h 36m
Running Time
September 6, 1986Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.
Gabriel Byrne
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta Scacchi
Nina Beckman
Denholm Elliott
Vernon Bayliss
Ian Bannen
Dennis Markham
Fulton Mackay
Victor Kingsbrook
Bill Paterson
Jack Macleod
David Calder
Harry Champion
Frederick Treves
Arnold Reece
Robbie Coltrane
Leo McAskey
Steven Woodcock
Steven Dyce
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Mickey Parker
Annabel Leventon
Trudy Markham
David Drury
Director
Martin Stellman
Writer
Alexei Jawdokimov
Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb
Danny Royce
Robin Douet
Producer
Prentis Hancock
Frank Longman
Richard Harvey
Composer
Michael Johnson
Humphrey Channing
Roger Deakins
Cinematographer
Mark Tandy
Philip Henderson
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Nicholas Coppin
1st Newsroom Deputy
Mary Selway
CastingDirector
Veronica Duffy
2nd Newsroom Deputy
Roger Murray-Leach
ProductionDesigner
David Hatton
Picture Editor
Laurance Rudic
Charlie
Philip Whitchurch
Cuttings Librarian
Beverly Anderson
Newscaster
David Lyon
Political Pundit
Pip Miller
Police Sergeant Ross
David Halliwell
Remand Centre Screw
John Rees
Minister at Funeral
Ravinder Singh Reyett
Club Doorman
Noel Johnson
Club Member
Hubert Rees
Club Waiter
Oliver Ford Davies
Anthony Clegg
George Ellis Jones
DCS Catterick
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 6, 1986
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$750,000
Genres
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Wiki.
Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with Robbie Coltrane in a supporting role.
The film takes its title from the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, passed in the United Kingdom at the start of the First World War, which gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war.
It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in London and Duxford in Cambridgeshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Murray-Leach. The film was distributed in the United Kingdom by the Rank Organisation, one of the last films to be released by the company.
The plot mirrors the real-life British spy scandal known as the Profumo affair.