Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | |
Annabel Leventon | ... | Trudy Markham | |
Graham Fletcher-Cook | ... | Micky Parker | |
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Steven Woodcock | ... | Steven Dyce |
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Alexei Jawdokimov | ... | Dietrich Kleist |
Danny Webb | ... | Danny Royce (as Daniel Webb) | |
Prentis Hancock | ... | Frank Longman |
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 by Matthew Stanfield <mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
It seemed quite promising, but was hard to follow in places, not helped by one or two outdoor scenes not transforming well onto a TV screen. I'd recorded it, so on several occasions was able to rewind to have another go at understanding it. It might help if I was to watch the entire film again from start to finish, but I can't be bothered. As I understand it, a youth fleeing from the police clambers over a very nasty looking fence onto the runway of an American air base and gets killed by an aircraft that's landing with a nuclear bomb on board. This precipitates an emergency exodus from the base. Cue cover-up, investigated by local MP who gets set up, leading to investigation by reporter.
Byrne does well as the reporter, but as is often the case Denholm Elliott impresses the most. Greta Scacchi is very bland.