The Fourth Protocol (film)
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- This article is about the 1987 movie. For the novel, see The Fourth Protocol. For the computer game, see The Fourth Protocol (computer game).
The Fourth Protocol was in 1987 made into a movie starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan. It was based on the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth.
| The Fourth Protocol | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Mackenzie |
| Produced by | Timothy Burrill |
| Written by | Frederick Forsyth (book) George Axelrod Richard Burridge (additional material) |
| Starring | Michael Caine Pierce Brosnan Ned Beatty Joanna Cassidy Julian Glover Michael Gough Ray McAnally Ian Richardson Anton Rodgers |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
| Editing by | Graham Walker |
| Release date(s) | (1987) |
| Running time | 119 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
[edit] Plot
The plot centres on a supposed secret East-West set of clauses which made up a 1968 agreement to halt nuclear proliferation. The fourth of these clauses, or Fourth Protocol, is the only one remaining. The protocol forbids the assembling of a suitcase-sized nuclear weapon. The Chairman of the KGB plans to breach this protocol and destroy the NATO alliance by planting an agent (Brosnan) in England to assemble and detonate an atomic device. One of Britain's most astute spycatchers, Preston (Caine), discovers details of the plan and races against time to stop it.
The politics present in the book are not represented in the film, in which Kim Philby hatches a plan to topple the Conservative government and bring the unilateralist (at the time) Labour party to power. While in the novel Philby is in charge of the execution of the Plan Aurora, in the film he is shot to death outside a house.
[edit] Cast
- Michael Caine - John Preston
- Pierce Brosnan - Valeri Petrofsky / James Ross
- Ned Beatty - Borisov
- Joanna Cassidy - Irina Vassilievna
- Julian Glover - Brian Harcourt-Smith
- Michael Gough - Sir Bernard Hemmings
- Ray McAnally - General Karpov
- Ian Richardson - Sir Nigel Irvine
- Anton Rodgers - George Berenson
- Caroline Blakiston - Caroline Blakiston
- Joseph Brady - Carmichael
- Betsy Brantley - Eileen McWhirter
- Sean Chapman - Captain Lyndhurst
- Matt Frewer - Tom McWhirter
- Jerry Harte - Professor Krilov
- Michael J. Jackson - Major Pavlov
- Matthew Marsh - Barry Banks
- Alan North - Govershin
- Ronald Pickup - Wynne-Evans
[edit] Locations
Much of the movie was shot in the Bradwell Common district of Milton Keynes, notably the A-frame house from "Homeworld 81". It is nowhere near RAF Greenham Common cruise missile base.
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