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Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?

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 is a 1986 action and thriller movie directed by David Drury starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi and Denholm Elliott. It runs 96 minutes. Viewers rate it 6.3/10 on TMDB based on 44 votes.

  • Released: 1986-05-09
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Genres: Action, Thriller
  • TMDB rating: 6.3/10

Defence of the Realm cast

Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Frederick Treves, Robbie Coltrane, Steven Woodcock

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