Deadline (1982)
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.
- Released
- 1982-01-01
- Genres
- Thriller, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Arch Nicholson, Walter Halsey Davis
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Barry Newman as Barney Duncan
- Bill Kerr as Willliam Ashby
- Trisha Noble as Gillian Boles
- Alwyn Kurts as Jack McGinty
- John Ewart as Sam O'Bannon
- Bruce Spence as Towie
- Willie Fennell as Old Alf
- Vincent Ball as Prime Minister
- Erin Pearce as Ernie Kramer
- Noel Trevarthen as Kimball
- Jeff Ashby as Deighton
- Kevin Miles as Thurber