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Deadline (1982)

Average Score: 6 (rated by 3 viewers)

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.

Genres

Thriller, TV Movie

Additional info

CastReview
  • Barry Newman

    Barney Duncan

  • Bill Kerr

    Willliam Ashby

  • Trisha Noble

    Gillian Boles

  • Alwyn Kurts

    Jack McGinty

  • John Ewart

    Sam O'Bannon

  • Bruce Spence

    Towie

  • Willie Fennell

    Old Alf

  • Vincent Ball

    Prime Minister

  • Erin Pearce

    Ernie Kramer

  • Noel Trevarthen

    Kimball

  • Jeff Ashby

    Deighton

  • Kevin Miles

    Thurber

  • Carole Skinner

    Sybil

  • Brian Blain

    Dr. Durant

  • Sean Scully

    Army Officer

  • Barry Donnelly

    Sgt. Bolas

  • Bettina Welch

    Mrs. Ashby

  • Michael Duffield

    Air Vice Marshall

  • Rob Steele

    ASIO Agent

  • Brian Wenzel

    ASIO Agent

  • Norman Kaye

    ASIO Agent

  • Danny Adcock

    ASIO Agent

  • Ken Wayne

    Fire Officer

  • Robert Hughes

    Fletcher

  • Wallas Eaton

    Goodman

  • John Beynham

    Jensen

  • Julie McGregor

    Barney's Girl

  • Ray Marshall

    Comm. Gallagher

  • Tony Blackett

    W/Cdr. Kinkaid

  • Anthony Ingersent

    Canberra Contact

  • John Faassen

    Gen. Hornsby

  • Howard Vernon

    Doorman

  • Brian Anderson

    Seismo Tech.

  • Elizabeth Crosby

    Joanne

  • Tony Wager

    Bomb Expert

  • Paul Bertram

    Radar Tracker

  • Katherine Thomson

    Telephonist