The Trial of Tony Blair
6.5
2007
1 hr 12 min
Drama
, Comedy
Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly refuses to see the danger he faces from a Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes
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- Cast：
- Robert Lindsay , Phoebe Nicholls , Peter Mullan , Alexander Armstrong , Claire Skinner , Adrian Scarborough , Sophie Winkleman
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