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The Fourth Protocol

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.

19876.31h 59m

Overview

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.

Directed by John Mackenzie
Written by Frederick Forsyth, George Axelrod
Produced by Timothy Burrill
Box OfficeBudget: $6.0MRevenue: $12.4M

Top Cast

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

John Preston

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

Valeri Petrofsky / James Edward Ross

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Borisov

Joanna Cassidy

Joanna Cassidy

Irina Vassilievna

Julian Glover

Julian Glover

Brian Harcourt-Smith

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Sir Bernard Hemmings

Ray McAnally

Ray McAnally

General Karpov

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

Sir Nigel Irvine

Anton Rodgers

Anton Rodgers

George Berenson

Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Angela Berenson

Themes & Keywords

cold warsecret agentbritish spyfemale spyagentrussian spy

About The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol is a action, thriller film released in 1987 exploring themes of cold war, secret agent, british spy, female spy, agent, russian spy. Directed by John Mackenzie, it stars Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty. 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.

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