Defense of the Realm Movie Review 1985

A British politician is accused of selling secrets to the KGB through his mistress and only a pair of dedicated newspapermen believe he is innocent. In the course of finding the answers they discover a national cover-up conspiracy. An acclaimed, taut thriller.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Front Page, Politics

Cast

Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Bill Paterson, Fulton Mackay, Robbie Coltrane

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Director

David Drury

Producer

David Puttnam, Rank Film Distributors, Nat'l. Film Finance Corporation

Awards

British Acad. 1985: Support. Actor (Elliott).