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Official Secrets
Official Secrets
Director:Gavin Hood
Overview:
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Release:
2019 / 08 / 30
Rating:
7.2
Genres & Subgenres:
Thriller
Historical
Drama
Tags:
Keira Knightley
as
Katharine Gun
Matt Smith
as
Martin Bright
Ralph Fiennes
as
Ben Emmerson
Matthew Goode
as
Peter Beaumont
Rhys Ifans
as
Ed Vulliamy
Indira Varma
as
Shami Chakrabarti
John Heffernan
as
James Welch
Conleth Hill
as
Roger Alton
MyAnna Buring
as
Jasmine
Ray Panthaki
as
Kamal Ahmed
Monica Dolan
as
Fiona Bygate
Tamsin Greig
as
Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Hattie Morahan
as
Yvonne Ridley
Kenneth Cranham
as
Judge Hyam
Jeremy Northam
as
Ken MacDonald
Katherine Kelly
as
Jacqueline Jones, MI6 Agent
Raquel Cassidy
as
Anne Emmerson