Defense of the Realm
MGM (Video & DVD) (11/21/1986)
Thriller
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027616886583
IMDB   6.7
1 hr 36 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   PG
Gabriel Byrne Nicholas 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
Annabel Leventon Trudy Markham
Graham Fletcher-Cook Micky Parker
Steven Woodcock Steven Dyce
Alexei Jawdokimov Dietrich Kleist
Daniel Webb Danny Royce
Prentis Hancock Frank Longman
Director
David Drury
Producer Lynda Myles
Robin Douet
Writer Martin Stellman
Matin Stellman
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Musician Richard Harvey


"Taut, extremely entertaining" (Leonard Maltin) and laden with suspense, this fast-moving chiller stars Gabriel Byrne as a Cold War reporter who discovers that free speech comes at a deadly price. Co-starring Greta Scacchi and Denholm Elliott, Defense of the Realm is "electrifying, terrifying" and will leave you "limp from controlled tension" (Los Angeles Times)! When a tawdry sex scandal links a high-ranking British politician to a Russian KGB agent, ambitious newsman Nick Mullen (Byrne) swiftly gets the story on Page One. But when his scoop-of-the-decade begins to unravel the cover-up-of-the-century – involving military secrets, nuclear weapons and government murders – Mullen and the politician's beautiful secretary (Scacchi) finds themselves ensnared in a web of deadly intrigueÂ...where every move could be their last!
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date 6/3/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.66:1
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer