Defence of the Realm (1986)
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Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?
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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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Directed by: David Drury, Roger Deakins
Written by: Martin Stellman
Produced by: Lynda Myles, David Puttnam, Robin Douet
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