The Whistle Blower
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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Cast
31 people
Michael Caine
Frank Jones
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James Fox
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Nigel Havers
Robert "Bob" Jones
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John Gielgud
Sir Adrian Chappie
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Felicity Dean
Cynthia Goodburn
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Barry Foster
Charles Grieg
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Gordon Jackson
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Kenneth Colley
Bill Pickett
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David Langton
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Dinah Stabb
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James Simmons
Mark
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Katherine Reeve
Tiffany Goodburn
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Simon Langton Director · Julian Bond Screenplay John Hale Author
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release July 10, 1987 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Production
U.K. Productions Entity
Production
Portreeve
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
Denmark · November 21, 1986
Theatrical
United States · July 10, 1987
Theatrical
France
September 1, 2001 · Theatrical
Greece
September 10, 1987 · Theatrical
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