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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
A rigorously grounded British political thriller, pairing investigative persistence with state secrecy, institutional pressure and a grimly escalating sense that public narratives are being managed.
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Why this pick
Its ordinary protagonist is pulled into a credible web of intelligence corruption, delivering the same paranoid, procedural momentum and bleak distrust of official power.
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Why this pick
Cold War Britain is rendered with similarly sober detail: surveillance, espionage and nuclear anxiety unfold through patient procedural tension rather than action spectacle.
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Why this pick
A taut conspiracy chase built around military secrets and Cold War stakes, with an increasingly isolated protagonist navigating institutions that cannot be trusted.
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Why this pick
Its cool, unnerving conspiracy atmosphere and lone investigator’s collision with opaque political forces make it a foundational match for the film’s distrustful mood.
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01 / THE STORY
Following the cover up of a crash of a nuclear bomber at an American Air Force base in the UK, Dennis Markham (Ian Bannen), a prominent Member of Parliament and opponent of the American nuclear presence in the United Kingdom, is planning to ask questions about it in Parliament. Before he can, he is reported by a London paper to have been seen leaving a woman's home on the same evening as she is visited by a military attache from East Germany, Markham's loyalty to his country is questioned. He is hounded by the media and is forced to resign.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Jack Macleod
Harry Champion
Dietrich Kleist
Frank Longman
Humphrey Channing
Philip Henderson
1st Newsroom Deputy
