The Zero Option
The Zero Option
Release: 1988-11-19
·Runtime: 120m
Action
An ex-SAS officer and an ex member of the Special Boat Services, team up to search for £ 2 million worth of diamonds which go missing when an aircraft is hijacked. Ruthless terrorists seize a London embassy residence. The SAS are called in. There's intense political pressure for a quick resolution. The worst fears of David Barber, the officer in command, are tragically realised. With a brilliant career in ruins, the prospects for ex-Major Barber seem grim until he meets Colonel Patrick Ansell, Managing director of Saracen systems Ltd.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
ITV Central
Cast
Eric Flynn
as Col. Patrick Ansell
Kim Durham
as Mortuary Sergeant
Anthony Stewart Head
as Bruce Michaelis
Ray Kingsley
as 1st Journalist
Iain Lauchlan
as Negotiator
John Walton
as Carne
Arthur Cox
as Sid
Linal Haft
as Riley
Nayef Rashed
as First Secretary (as Adam Hussein)
Suzan Crowley
as Sally Barber
Richard Heffer
as Danby
Robert Gwilym
as Hewitt
Aran Bell
as PC McVean
Richard Clifford
as Aide
Tristram Jellinek
as Standish
David Ross
as Nugent
Miles Anderson
as Major Fredericks