The Whistle Blower (1986)

The Whistle Blower | United Kingdom

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...

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Director

Simon Langton

Writers

Julian Bond

Stars

Michael Caine
Frank Jones

James Fox
Lord

Nigel Havers
Robert "Bob" Jones

John Gielgud
Sir Adrian Chappie

Felicity Dean
Cynthia Goodburn

Barry Foster
Charles Grieg

Gordon Jackson
Bruce

Kenneth Colley
Bill Pickett

David Langton
Govt Minister

Dinah Stabb
Rose

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Keywords

cold war, based on novel, murder, paranoia, british intelligence, translator

Production

U.K. Productions Entity, Portreeve

Actor

Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Felicity Dean, Barry Foster, Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Colley, David Langton, Dinah Stabb, James Simmons, Katherine Reeve, Bill Wallis, Trevor Cooper, Susan Porrett, Gregory Floy, Joe Dunlop, Arturo Venegas, Peter Mackriel, Doyle Richmond, Carmel Cryan, Renny Krupinski, Ralph Nossek, Andy Bradford, David Shaughnessy, Patrick Holt, Julian Battersby, John Gill, David Telfer, Sevilla Delofski, Peter Miles

Creators

John Hale (Novel), Simon Langton (Director), Julian Bond (Screenplay)

Release dates

10.07.1987 (US)
01.09.2001 (FR)
10.09.1987 (GR)
21.11.1986 (DK)