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| Director: | David Drury | 
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| Writer: | Martin Stellman | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 09, 1986 | 
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| Director: | David Drury | 
| Writer: | Martin Stellman | 
| Genres: | Action, Thriller | 
| Keywords | kgb, reporter, death, newspaper man, member of parliament | 
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation, Enigma Productions, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $750,000 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Alexei Jawdokimov | Dietrich Kleist | 
| Danny Webb | Danny Royce | 
| Prentis Hancock | Frank Longman | 
| Michael Johnson | Humphrey Channing | 
| Mark Tandy | Philip Henderson | 
| Nicholas Coppin | 1st Newsroom Deputy | 
| Veronica Duffy | 2nd Newsroom Deputy | 
| 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 | 
| James Fleet | Ministry Man | 
| Vass Anderson | Strick | 
| Lyndon Brook | Pugh | 
| William Job | Hilton | 
| Al Matthews | First US Controller | 
| Daniel Foley | Second US Controller | 
| Barbara Coles | Third US Controller | 
| John Cannon | Greenmont Detention Centre Officer | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Roger Deakins | Director of Photography | 
| Mary Selway | Casting | 
| David Drury | Director | 
| Martin Stellman | Writer | 
| Roger Murray-Leach | Production Design | 
| Louise Frogley | Costume Design | 
| Diana Charnley | Art Direction | 
| Harry Cordwell | Set Decoration | 
| Ene Watts | Script Supervisor | 
| Stephen Morley | Still Photographer | 
| Geoff King | Driver | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| David Puttnam | Executive Producer | 
| Robin Douet | Producer | 
| Lynda Myles | Producer | 
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