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.
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
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There is something plausible abut Michael Caine's performance here. He ("Preston") is the antithesis of Sir Alec Guinness's "George Smiley" - a hard nosed, blunt spy catcher who hates toeing the line with his bosses. After a bit of clandestine activity, he is on his way out and is sidelined until a ...