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Can You Name This Film You can remember the plot briefly but can't recollect the films name?


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Old 09-06-2008, 04:40 PM
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Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me with this...

Quite a while ago I watched a film (British made during the 1980's) I think the main storyline was that a government minister (Labour MP) had been uncovered by a duo of journalists to have been in contact with KGB agents. The plot ensued and the ending was the male journalist going home, putting on a classical LP into his record player which then activated a pre-planted bomb which obviously wiped out his threat of exposing the minister.

The ending of the film was the echoes of parliament demanding the truth behind what had been leaked. It was a very good, low budget film but I'd love to watch it again...just can't remember the name or any of the actors!

Hope someone can help!

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I think this is Defence of the Realm with Gabriel Byrne and Ian Bannon amongst a great cast.

Would love to see it again as well.

Defence of the Realm (1985)

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I think this is Defence of the Realm with Gabriel Byrne and Ian Bannon amongst a great cast.

Would love to see it again as well.

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I think this is Defence of the Realm with Gabriel Byrne and Ian Bannon amongst a great cast.

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Amazon.co.uk: Defence Of The Realm [1985]: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Frederick Treves, Robbie Coltrane, Annabel Leventon, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Steven Woodcock, Alexei Jawdo
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Cheers Bats

One for the collection to be watched at a later date.

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Thank you Freddy! I checked out on google to see if the cover of the film looked like i imagined and it does!

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Just to let you know, I have just ordered the film from Amazon for a bargain £1.99!
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I am sure this was a freebie in one of the papers a while back.

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