Movie
Salting the Battlefield
Overview
David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront prime minister Alec Beasley.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-03-27
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Carnival Films, BBC Film, Heyday Films, NBCUniversal, Masterpiece, Beagle Pug Films
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker
- Helena Bonham Carter as Margot Tyrell
- Ralph Fiennes as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
- Ewen Bremner as Rollo Madeley
- Judy Davis as Jill Tankard
- Felicity Jones as Julianne Worricker
- Olivia Williams as Belinda Kay
- Rupert Graves as Stirling Rogers
- Saskia Reeves as Anthea Catcheside
- Shazad Latif as Jez Nichols
- Daniel Ryan as Bill Catcheside
- Leanne Best as Amber Page
Crew
- David Hare - Director
- David Hare - Writer
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