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Salting the Battlefield is a British film of genre Drama directed by David Hare released in USA on 16 november 2014 with Bill Nighy
Salting the Battlefield (2014)
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Add to a movie listSalting the Battlefield is a 2014 British drama action / thriller politician television film, written and directed for the BBC by the British writer David Hare. It follows Page Eight, which aired on BBC Two in August 2011 and Turks & Caicos which aired in 2014.
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Following their flight from Turks and Caicos, Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) and Margot Tyrell (Helena Bonham Carter) maintain a quasi-permanent existence around Europe to evade capture by MI5. After spotting one of his former recruits, disguised as a passing jogger, Johnny relocates once again and orders former colleague Rollo Maverley (Ewen Bremner) to leak news of Prime Minister Alec Beasley's (Ralph Fiennes) corrupt dealings with Stirling Rogers (Rupert Graves) and his Bridge Foundation. Margot secretly keeps in touch with Johnny's pregnant daughter Julianne (Felicity Jones). In London, Acting Director General Jill Tankard (Judy Davis) contacts Home Secretary Anthea Catcheside (Saskia Reeves) and offers her services in aiding Catcheside's embattled husband.Actors
Bill Nighy
(Johnny Worricker)
Helena Bonham Carter
(Margot Tyrell)
Rupert Graves
(Stirling Rogers)
Ralph Fiennes
(Prime Minister Alec Beasley)
Ewen Bremner
(Rollo Madeley)
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