Movie
The Whistle Blower
Overview
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Details
- Release date
- 1986-11-21
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- U.K. Productions Entity, Portreeve
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Caine as Frank Jones
- James Fox as Lord
- Nigel Havers as Robert "Bob" Jones
- John Gielgud as Sir Adrian Chappie
- Felicity Dean as Cynthia Goodburn
- Barry Foster as Charles Grieg
- Gordon Jackson as Bruce
- Kenneth Colley as Bill Pickett
- David Langton as Govt Minister
- Dinah Stabb as Rose
- James Simmons as Mark
- Katherine Reeve as Tiffany Goodburn
Crew
- Simon Langton - Director
- Julian Bond - Screenplay
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