EMM# : 37387
Added: 2021-10-19

Defense of The Realm (1985)
Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?

Rating: 6.5

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Genre:  Thriller ()

Length: 1 h 36 min - 96 min

Video:   1904x1024 (24.000 Fps - 2 250 Kbps)

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Director:
David Drury
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After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- A reporter Mullen 'stumbles' on a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent. In fact it is also linked to a near Nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and an Americal USAF 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.
Written byWritten by: Matthew Stanfield
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