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Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with Robbie Coltrane in a minor role.
The film takes its title from the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, passed in the United Kingdom at the start of the First World War, which gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war.
It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in London and Duxford in Cambridgeshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Murray-Leach. The film was distributed in the United Kingdom by the Rank Organisation.
The plot mirrors the real-life British spy scandal known as the Profumo affair.
On a foggy night a car containing two men is pursued by police. The radio is discussing the country being on high alert due to a terrorist attack in Ankara. Going down a dead end road and forced to stop, (Steven) escapes over a high barbed-wire fence, but the other one is caught.
Dennis Markham (Ian Bannen), a prominent Member of Parliament (MP), is reported by a London paper to have been seen leaving a woman's home on the same evening as she is visited by a military attaché from East Germany. Is he a KGB agent? Markham's loyalty to his country is questioned. The media men debate whether or not to print the story.
Vernon Bayliss (Denholm Elliott), Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) and Jack Macleod (Bill Paterson) all work together for the Daily Despatch. Bayliss is sent for a private meeting with Markham and explains the link to the German agent (which Markham is unaware of). Meanwhile, Mullen interviews Nina Beckman (Greta Scacchi), Markham's secretary, and then speaks to Markham's wife while, initially, pretending to be a policeman.
The story, written by Mullen, breaks as the "Markham Affair" on television and throughout the newspapers.
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Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with Robbie Coltrane in a minor role.
The film takes its title from the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, passed in the United Kingdom at the start of the First World War, which gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war.
It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in London and Duxford in Cambridgeshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Murray-Leach. The film was distributed in the United Kingdom by the Rank Organisation.
The plot mirrors the real-life British spy scandal known as the Profumo affair.
On a foggy night a car containing two men is pursued by police. The radio is discussing the country being on high alert due to a terrorist attack in Ankara. Going down a dead end road and forced to stop, (Steven) escapes over a high barbed-wire fence, but the other one is caught.
Dennis Markham (Ian Bannen), a prominent Member of Parliament (MP), is reported by a London paper to have been seen leaving a woman's home on the same evening as she is visited by a military attaché from East Germany. Is he a KGB agent? Markham's loyalty to his country is questioned. The media men debate whether or not to print the story.
Vernon Bayliss (Denholm Elliott), Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) and Jack Macleod (Bill Paterson) all work together for the Daily Despatch. Bayliss is sent for a private meeting with Markham and explains the link to the German agent (which Markham is unaware of). Meanwhile, Mullen interviews Nina Beckman (Greta Scacchi), Markham's secretary, and then speaks to Markham's wife while, initially, pretending to be a policeman.
The story, written by Mullen, breaks as the "Markham Affair" on television and throughout the newspapers.