ThrillerYear1987Duration1h 59mIMDb6.5

The Fourth Protocol

Thriller

John Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. The Russians are hoping this will shatter the "special relationship" between the two countries.

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Cast

John Mackenzie

Director

Michael Caine

John Preston

Pierce Brosnan

Valeri Petrofsky

Pierce Brosnan

James Edward Ross

Ned Beatty

Borisov

Ned Beatty

Pavel Petrovic

Joanna Cassidy

Irina Vassilievna

Julian Glover

Brian Harcourt-Smith

Michael Gough

Sir Bernard Hemmings

Ray McAnally

General Karpov

Ian Richardson

Sir Nigel Irvine

Anton Rodgers

George Berenson

Caroline Blakiston

Angela Berenson

Joseph Brady

Carmichael

Betsy Brantley

Eileen McWhirter

Sean Chapman

Captain Lyndhurst

Matt Frewer

Tom McWhirter

Jerry Harte

Professor Krilov

MJ

Michael J. Jackson

Major Pavlov

Matthew Marsh

Barry Banks

Alan North

Govershin

George Axelrod

Writer

RB

Richard Burridge

Writer

Frederick Forsyth

Writer

Comments

8 Comments

ihirwelamarMay 29, 2023

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Safae.SafushyNov 16, 2022

The Fourth Protocol

Happy_giftsNov 16, 2022

My personal view is that Caines interpretation of the character made TFP one of his best films to date, it reflected the Forsythes hero very acurately and was easily the best performance of the film. Again, my view is that the film was grossly under rated by the critics at the time and even today stands up well among films of this type. Well worth watching even today.

Ashish GurungNov 16, 2022

Fascinating old-fashioned spy thriller with (for the 80s) new high tech elements. Pierce Brosnan is very good as the smiling sociopathic Russian deep cover agent. Michael Caine is, well, Michael Caine. Ian Richardson has a lot of WONDERFUL lines as Caine's superior. Ray McNally and Ned Beatty are fine as old Cold War veterans whose time is passing.

cinta kuyaNov 16, 2022

It is a while since I this film but the title is explained at the start of the film,a voice over and text on the screen says something about a treaty signed by the major powers during the cold war and mentions a secret "fourth protocol" that forbids the planting of small scale nuclear weapons in each others countries. Iiked this film but at the time (1987) many people said that Forysth was a right wing nut,he is but we know know that the USSR had all sorts of crazy ideas about attacking the west because they thought that the west was going to attack them first. People who liked this fiom should also look out for THE WHILSTLEBLOWER ,another 1980s British spy movie with Michael Caine.

jobisjammehNov 16, 2022

I hadn't seen this for ages. Then it was given away free with the Daily Mail.It really has aged well. The plot is still believable. Just substitute Islamic terrorists for Russian ones. Caine was brilliant and doing his 'laser' style acting in all the close ups. Something he doesn't bother with in his many pot boilers. I have to agree with some of the other posters. It really should have been promoted as Harry Palmer's midlife crisis. He would have developed just like this. The hero in the book reads like an ex-Para version of Freddie Forsythe. Caine makes the role his own and adds his own interpretation. Another of my favourites Pierce Brosnan acts his heart out too, as the stone killer Petrofsky. The Ian Richardson and Anton Rogers scene has to be a career best for both of them. Only a side plot but absolutely brilliant.

user2723082561012Nov 16, 2022

Forget Brosnan's performance in the Bond movies or the recent excellent Tailor of Panama. His cold, calculative KGB agent in The Fourth Protocol should have told us what a wonderful actor he is. Made in 1987, the film is closer to its older brother (The Days of Jackal, also by Frederick Forsyth) than the spy films starring Michael Caine, as I originally thought it would be. The pace is slow, but thoughtful. Like Jackal, we get to see Brosnan making preparation to bring in the bomb and piecing it together. We also get to see Caine, 'the rebel' of M16 tracking him down. Great show!

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