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5.9A 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...
Released: 1986-11-21100 minDir: Simon LangtonAction, Thriller
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Cast
- Michael Caine as Frank Jones
- James Fox as Lord
- Nigel Havers as Robert "Bob" Jones
- John Gielgud as Sir Adrian Chappie
- Felicity Dean as Cynthia Goodburn
- Barry Foster as Charles Grieg
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cold war
- paranoia
- murder
- translator
- british intelligence
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
2,688 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- spy film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Simon Langton
- Cast member
- David Langton
- Composer
- John Scott
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 103
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1986-01-01
- title
- The Whistle Blower
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 7.6
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