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The film follows investigative journalist nick mullen gabriel byrne as he digs into a politician compromised as a possible spy. Gabriel byrne, greta scacchi, denholm elliott director. The film takes its title from the 1914 defence of the realm act dora, passed in the united kingdom at the start of the first world war, which gave the. Gabriel byrne, greta scacchi, denholm elliott, imdb rating.
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