(1986) The Whistle Blower
POLITICAL THRILLER
Based on a novel written by John Hale which doesn't showcase Michael Caine as Frank Jones right away, because the set up of Caine's character's importance wasn't required yet. At the start, a breach has been violated regarding the UK's national security, announced by the media that one of GCHQ's own employees, by the name of Ramsey 'Charles' Dodgson (Bill Wallis) had been caught trading secrets with the Russians. GCHQ is the initials of the branch who's objective is to secure all of the UK's confidential secrets, and that after this one guy's been caught, one of it's managers are requesting that if theirs any suspicion within it's co-workers that it would be their duty to report it. Anyway, the GCHQ also happens to be the facility Frank's(Michael Caine) son, Bob (Nigel Havers) works in too. Bob then asks his dad, Frank to come and see him, for the intention of being the first to hear that he has intentions to resign from working at there. And because Bob is also an idealist, he also suspects that theirs much more to the possibility that the arrest of Ramsey is much more complicated than what the public is lead to believe. Later, Ramsey Charles Dodge's friends by the name of Stephen Berry Kedge (Peter Miles) had been pushed to his death while waiting for a subway train, who was later pronounced as an unfortunate accident. But because Bob suspects something since he believes that the so-called accident is too much of a coincidence, he then suspects that theirs a possible cover-up. And it was then Frank finds out that his son had been found dead, with suspicions that it had something to do with his son's involvement about exposing the possibilities that there's probably more to the story than Ramsey Charles Dodgson getting caught. Whenever there's a movie about people of authority or in this case, gov't it's always fascinating stuff since you're always wondering about the possibilities involving governments handling the peoples money.
Based on a novel written by John Hale which doesn't showcase Michael Caine as Frank Jones right away, because the set up of Caine's character's importance wasn't required yet. At the start, a breach has been violated regarding the UK's national security, announced by the media that one of GCHQ's own employees, by the name of Ramsey 'Charles' Dodgson (Bill Wallis) had been caught trading secrets with the Russians. GCHQ is the initials of the branch who's objective is to secure all of the UK's confidential secrets, and that after this one guy's been caught, one of it's managers are requesting that if theirs any suspicion within it's co-workers that it would be their duty to report it. Anyway, the GCHQ also happens to be the facility Frank's(Michael Caine) son, Bob (Nigel Havers) works in too. Bob then asks his dad, Frank to come and see him, for the intention of being the first to hear that he has intentions to resign from working at there. And because Bob is also an idealist, he also suspects that theirs much more to the possibility that the arrest of Ramsey is much more complicated than what the public is lead to believe. Later, Ramsey Charles Dodge's friends by the name of Stephen Berry Kedge (Peter Miles) had been pushed to his death while waiting for a subway train, who was later pronounced as an unfortunate accident. But because Bob suspects something since he believes that the so-called accident is too much of a coincidence, he then suspects that theirs a possible cover-up. And it was then Frank finds out that his son had been found dead, with suspicions that it had something to do with his son's involvement about exposing the possibilities that there's probably more to the story than Ramsey Charles Dodgson getting caught. Whenever there's a movie about people of authority or in this case, gov't it's always fascinating stuff since you're always wondering about the possibilities involving governments handling the peoples money.