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Deadline (1982)
Directed by Arch Nicholson
“It's the most lethal deadline in history and if it's not met, three and a half million people will die!”
Thriller, TV Movie · 1h 34m
A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail. With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.
Cast
Barry Newman
Bill Kerr
Trisha Noble
Alwyn Kurts
John Ewart
Bruce Spence
Vincent Ball
Noel Trevarthen
Kevin Miles
Crew
- Director
- Arch Nicholson
- Screenplay
- Walter Halsey Davis
- Editor
- David Huggett
- Producer
- Hal McElroy
Details
- Release date
- 1982-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Thriller, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Hanna-Barbera Australia, New South Wales Film Corp., Nine Network Australia
- Budget
- $790,000