Defence of the Realm
1986 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 2,622 VOTES · DIR. David Drury
Overview
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 958 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:30 Botswana's police chief...
00:05:03 My idea of heaven is eternal nights...
00:07:12 Are you talking to me as a friend or a newspaperman?
00:09:23 You could've killed him:
00:12:22 Get out.
00:14:13 coming up with any more like that.
00:17:03 The only thing I'm interested in now...
00:19:17 I joined the age of technology.
00:21:20 Not if it was Grimsby, mate.
00:25:14 Vernon, please, let me finish.
00:28:30 Who's covering this, by the way?
00:30:51 is our friendly neighborhood spook.
00:35:23 from the pub yesterday.
00:42:11 were the local copper investigating the hit-and-run...
00:45:42 on the morning of the 11th...
00:54:02 I said yes, it does.
00:59:31 You give me one good reason why I should.
01:01:25 I could fly out.
01:06:49 You just got to walk away from it...
01:14:13 I heard about George Rydell.
01:19:24 No. I got it from George Rydell.
01:24:32 What bloody case? :
01:26:48 I know.
01:32:56 are flooded with rumor and innuendo...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed958
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:01:30
Final line01:32:56
Production Record
DirectorDavid Drury
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$750,000
IMDb votes2,622