TMDb Rating
6.4/10
39 verified votes
Defence of the Realm (1986)
ActionThriller
96 min
"Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?"
Plot Summary
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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ActionThrillerDavid DruryGabriel ByrneGreta Scacchi1986
Director
David Drury
Top Cast
Gabriel ByrneGreta ScacchiDenholm ElliottIan BannenFulton Mackay
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