Deadline (1982)

6.3/10 94 min Thriller TV Movie

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.

Cast

Barry Newman

Barney Duncan

Bill Kerr

Willliam Ashby

Trisha Noble

Gillian Boles

Alwyn Kurts

Jack McGinty

John Ewart

Sam O'Bannon

Bruce Spence

Towie

Vincent Ball

Prime Minister

Noel Trevarthen

Kimball

Kevin Miles

Thurber

Carole Skinner

Sybil

Sean Scully

Army Officer

Michael Duffield

Air Vice Marshall

Rob Steele

ASIO Agent

Brian Wenzel

ASIO Agent

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