
Feature film — 2004
Dirty War (2004)
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
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Director: Daniel Percival
On screen
Cast & crew

Louise Delamere
Liz Corrigan

Alastair Galbraith
Murray Corrigan

Waleed Elgadi
Abu Abassi

Martin Savage
DS Mike Drummer

Koel Purie
DC Sameena Habibullah

Helen Schlesinger
Nicola Painswick

Ewan Stewart
Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Ives

Paul Antony-Barber
Commander Paul Hardwick

Dorian Healy
Harper

David Horovitch
Lambert

Raza Jaffrey
Rashid Dhar

George Georgiou
Usman Selcuk
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