Deadline
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“It's the most lethal deadline in history and if it's not met, three and a half million people will die!”
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.
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Cast
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Barry Newman
Barney Duncan
Known for
Vanishing Point
Daylight
Bill Kerr
Willliam Ashby
Known for
Gallipoli
Razorback
Trisha Noble
Gillian Boles
Known for
The Private Eyes
Carry On Camping
Alwyn Kurts
Jack McGinty
Known for
Tim
John Ewart
Sam O'Bannon
Known for
Razorback
Frog Dreaming
Bruce Spence
Towie
Known for
Mad Max 2
Legend of the Seeker
Willie Fennell
Old Alf
Also in
Luke's Kingdom
The River Kings
Vincent Ball
Prime Minister
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Breaker Morant
Erin Pearce
Ernie Kramer
Also in
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
Noel Trevarthen
Kimball
Also in
Anzacs
Corruption
Jeff Ashby
Deighton
Also in
Dark Age
The True Believers
Kevin Miles
Thurber
Known for
The Cars That Ate Paris
Arch Nicholson Director · Walter Halsey Davis Screenplay David Huggett Editor
Budget $790K · First release January 1, 1982 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$790,000
Production
Hanna-Barbera Australia
Production
New South Wales Film Corp.
Production
Nine Network Australia
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · January 1, 1982
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 2, 1988 · TV · ARD
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