Deadline (1982)

6.2/10 • 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

Bill Kerr

Trisha Noble

Alwyn Kurts

John Ewart

Bruce Spence

Vincent Ball

Noel Trevarthen

Kevin Miles

Carole Skinner

Sean Scully

Michael Duffield

Air Vice Marshall

Rob Steele

Brian Wenzel

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