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Deadline (stylized as ..Deadline..) is a 1981 Australian-American made-for-television thriller drama film directed by Arch Nicholson and co-produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera and New South Wales Film Corporation.
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.
It's the most lethal deadline in history and if it's not met, three and a half million people will die! With the help of local reporters, and despite the harassment of the security agencies, he sets out to avert the crisis.
- Arch Nicholson
- Hanna-Barbera Productions
Jun 2, 1982 · With Barry Newman, Bill Kerr, Trisha Noble, Alwyn Kurts. 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.
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- Thriller, Drama
- Arch Nicholson
- 1982-06-02
Release Date: 2 June 1982 (Australia) Genre: Drama (more) As some blackmailers manage to obtain two atomic bombs, they detonate the first in the Sydney desert and plant the second in the middle of a residential block.
Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka. Poorly acted, unintentionally funny in parts, and with transparent literary pretensions, this horror film is about a well-established screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world -- with disastrous consequences.
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.