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Status
Released
Release
1990
Runtime
1h 45m
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
32 Cast Members
John Hurt
Chris Mullin
Martin Shaw
Ian McBride
Roger Allam
Charles Tremayne
John Kavanagh
Z
Robert Lang
Detective Superintendant Ibison
Patrick Malahide
Mike Mansfield
Bob Peck
Chief Supt. Tom Meffen
Donal McCann
N
Leslie Phillips
Lord Chief Justice Lane
Terence Rigby
Det. Supt. George Reade
David Ryall
Dr. Frank Skuse
John Woodvine
Tom Clarke
David Bamber
David Mellor MP, Home Office
Ciarán Hinds
Richard McIlkenny
Brid Brennan
Sister of IRA man
John Lynch
IRA man in cottage
Heather Chasen
The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher
Tony Doyle
Richard Ferguson QC
James Berwick
Joe Cahill
Brendan Cauldwell
Callaghan