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Deadline (1982)

Deadline (1982)

Thriller TV Movie

It's the most lethal deadline in history and if it's not met, three and a half million people will die!

Release Date: 1982, January 1
Directors: Arch Nicholson
Countries: Australia
Production: Hanna-Barbera Australia, New South Wales Film Corp., New South Wales Film Corp., Nine Network Australia, Nine Network Australia
Cast: Bruce Spence, Trisha Noble, Norman Kaye, Carole Skinner, Barry Donnelly, Vincent Ball, Howard Vernon, Barry Newman, Bill Kerr, Brian Blain, Noel Trevarthen, Ken Wayne

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

terrorism nuclear weapons