UK,
1988, 148 min
Directed by:
Mick JacksonScreenplay:
Alan PlaterCinematography:
Ernest VinczeComposer:
John E. KeanePlots(1)
The taut, powerful, all-too-plausible story about a democracy attacked from within. When plain-spoken, charismatic former steelworker Harry Perkins becomes prime minister in a landslide Labour Party victory, his socialist agenda horrifies the entrenched ruling class and the right-wing media. As Perkins presses ahead with plans to close down U.S. military bases, break up newspaper monopolies and dismantle British nuclear weapons, the establishment and its American allies conspire in a brutal back-room struggle to regain control. (official distributor synopsis)
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