The Fourth Protocol

Fog-soft English lanes, autumn. A radiator hisses in a bedsit. A dormant briefcase slides into town on a bicycle wheel, a fuse ticking inside. One man chases its shadow, another turns screwdrivers on plutonium. John le Carré adapted by a director who prefers quiet menace to fireworks.

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John Mackenzie directed The Fourth Protocol in 1987. See John Mackenzie's full filmography, where to start with John Mackenzie, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Mackenzie.

The Fourth Protocol was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.