Deadline

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1982 · 94 min · Thriller · TV Movie · TMDB 6.2/10

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.

Directed by Arch Nicholson

Cast

• Barry Newman — Barney Duncan
• Bill Kerr — Willliam Ashby
• Trisha Noble — Gillian Boles
• Alwyn Kurts — Jack McGinty
• John Ewart — Sam O'Bannon