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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.
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.
- Original title
- The Fourth Protocol
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $12,423,831
CinemaSerf
Feb 9, 2023 · via TMDB
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 dastardly plan? This is one of Frederick Forsyth's better stories. The plot is clear to the audience, but the two characters exist in isolation (from each other) for much of the drama as neither know of the other's existence! Despite being experienced and pretty well known, the supporting cast isn't the most effective - I struggled a bit with Ned Beatty's "Borisov"; but both Caine and Brosnan work well to build up a sense of menace as the nature of the mission becomes clear and director John Mackenzie develops a tightly constructed and well paced plot into a denouement that goes down to the wire. It's dated a little, and maybe serendipity plays a wee bit too much of a part at times, but it's still very much at the better end of those cold war stories and is still well worth a watch.
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Michael Caine
John Preston
Pierce Brosnan
Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
Ned Beatty
Borisov
Joanna Cassidy
Irina Vassilievna
Julian Glover
Brian Harcourt-Smith
Michael Gough
Sir Bernard Hemmings
Ray McAnally
General Karpov
Ian Richardson
Sir Nigel Irvine
Anton Rodgers
George Berenson
Caroline Blakiston
Angela Berenson
Betsy Brantley
Eileen McWirther
Matt Frewer
Tom
Matthew Marsh
Barry Banks
Ronald Pickup
Wynne-Evans
Philip Jackson
Burkinshaw
Sean Chapman
Captain Lyndhurst
Joseph Brady
Carmichael
Michael J. Jackson
Major Pavlov
Alan North
Govershin
Julia Verdin
Jill Dunkley
Michael Bilton
Kim Philby
Peter Cartwright
Jan Marais
Nancy Crane
Karpov's Secretary
Sam Douglas
Russian Soldier
Mick Ford
Sergeant Bilbow
Steve Halliwell
Plastercast Courier
John Horsley
Sir Anthony Plumb
Boris Isarov
Dresser
Richard Ridings
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Clare Kelly
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Neville Phillips
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Mark Rolston
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Chris Walker
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Jiří Stanislav
Winkler
Juanita Waterman
Black Girl on Underground Train
Tariq Yunus
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George Zenios
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Stephanie English
Protester
Eddie Powell
Angry Motorist
Ben Daniels
Boy in Photo (uncredited)
Phil Meheux
Director of Photography
Peter Robb-King
Makeup Artist
Lois Burwell
Makeup Department Head
Brian Weske
Driver
John Mackenzie
Director
Christopher Hall
Third Assistant Director
Frederick Forsyth
Executive Producer
Michael Caine
Executive Producer
Lalo Schifrin
Conductor
Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer
Chris Munro
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Frederick Forsyth
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Frederick Forsyth
Screenplay
George Axelrod
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