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20/03/1987 Action, Thriller 1h 59m
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If the Fourth Protocol is ever breached, there would be no warning, just a nuclear explosion from a bedsitter... The unthinkable has just begun.

Overview

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.

  1. John Mackenzie

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Michael Caine

    John Preston

  2. Pierce Brosnan

    Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross

  3. Ned Beatty

    Borisov

  4. Joanna Cassidy

    Irina Vassilievna

  5. Julian Glover

    Brian Harcourt-Smith

  6. Michael Gough

    Sir Bernard Hemmings

  7. Ray McAnally

    General Karpov

  8. Ian Richardson

    Sir Nigel Irvine

  9. Anton Rodgers

    George Berenson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-09
There is something plausible abut Michael Caine's performance here. He ("Preston") is the antithesis of Sir Alec Guinness's "George Smiley" - a hard nosed, blunt spy catcher who hates toeing the line with his bosses. After a bit of clandestine activity, he is on his way out and is sidelined until a seemingly straightforward fatal accident gets his alarm bells ringing. Meantime, KGB agent "Petrofsky" (Pierce Brosnan) arrives in the UK and - eventually - takes up residence near an American Air Force base equipped with nuclear missiles. What's he up to and can "Preston" find out and thwart his da...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,423,831.00

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