Deadline
Deadline
Release: 1982-01-01
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.0
Thriller
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
Australia
Production Companies
Hanna-Barbera Australia
New South Wales Film Corp.
Nine Network Australia
Cast
Barry Newman
as Barney Duncan
Noel Trevarthen
as Kimball
Norman Kaye
as ASIO Agent
Robert Hughes
as Fletcher
Katherine Thomson
as Telephonist
Brian Wenzel
as ASIO Agent
Bill Kerr
as Willliam Ashby
Alwyn Kurts
as Jack McGinty
John Ewart
as Sam O'Bannon
Bruce Spence
as Towie
Tony Blackett
as W/Cdr. Kinkaid
Tony Wager
as Bomb Expert
Trisha Noble
as Gillian Boles
Rob Steele
as ASIO Agent
Ken Wayne
as Fire Officer
Sean Scully
as Army Officer
Michael Duffield
as Air Vice Marshall
Howard Vernon
as Doorman
Vincent Ball
as Prime Minister
Kevin Miles
as Thurber
Danny Adcock
as ASIO Agent
