The Fourth Protocol
If the Fourth Protocol is ever breached, there would be no warning, just a nuclear explosion from a bedsitter... The unthinkable has just begun.
Rating: 6.3 out of 10TMDB(216 votes)
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.
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Box office
Grossed $12.4M worldwide, about 2.1 times its $6M budget
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Based on
Based on The Fourth Protocol
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Filming locations
Filmed in Finland
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Setting
Set in England and London
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Music
Music by Lalo Schifrin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Phil Méheux
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Frederick ForsythNovel, Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 20, 1987
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6M
- Revenue
- $12.4M
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Michael CaineJohn Preston
Pierce BrosnanValeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
Ned BeattyBorisov
Joanna CassidyIrina Vassilievna
Julian GloverBrian Harcourt-Smith
Michael GoughSir Bernard Hemmings
Ray McAnallyGeneral Karpov
Ian RichardsonSir Nigel Irvine
Anton RodgersGeorge Berenson
Caroline BlakistonAngela Berenson
Betsy BrantleyEileen McWirther
Matt FrewerTom
Matthew MarshBarry Banks
Ronald PickupWynne-Evans
Philip JacksonBurkinshaw
Sean ChapmanCaptain Lyndhurst- Joseph BradyCarmichael
- Jerry HarteProf. Krilov
Michael J. JacksonMajor Pavlov
Alan NorthGovershin
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