Deadline (1982)

01/01/1982 (AU) • 1h 34m

Thriller, TV Movie

It's the most lethal deadline in history and if it's not met, three and a half million people will die!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Barry Newman

Barney Duncan

Bill Kerr

Willliam Ashby

Trisha Noble

Gillian Boles

Alwyn Kurts

Jack McGinty

John Ewart

Sam O'Bannon

Vincent Ball

Prime Minister

Erin Pearce

Ernie Kramer


Recommendations

5 to 7

71%

Trainwreck

58%

Where to Invade Next

72%

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)

37%

The Way to the Heart

99%

Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky

71%

Bel Ami

53%

The One I Love

69%

An Inspector Calls

74%

Hail, Caesar!

59%

A Most Violent Year

66%

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

60%

The Tuche Family: The American Dream

56%

Sharknado 2: The Second One

46%

SODA: le rêve américain

53%

45 Years

66%

Once I Was a Beehive

63%

The 12th Man

72%

Divorce French Style

61%

All the Way Boys

68%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$790,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

terrorism

nuclear weapons

© All Rights Reserved 2025