The Fourth Protocol (1987)

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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.

• Released: 1987-03-20
• Genres: Action, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 59m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 213 votes

Directed by John Mackenzie.

Top cast

• Michael Caine as John Preston
• Pierce Brosnan as Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross
• Ned Beatty as Borisov
• Joanna Cassidy as Irina Vassilievna
• Julian Glover as Brian Harcourt-Smith
• Michael Gough as Sir Bernard Hemmings
• Ray McAnally as General Karpov
• Ian Richardson as Sir Nigel Irvine
• Anton Rodgers as George Berenson
• Caroline Blakiston as Angela Berenson

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Fourth Protocol

• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Britbox Apple TV channel; watch free on SBS On Demand; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

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