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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!"

1982

1h 34m

6.3(4 votes)

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.

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Nine Network Australia

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Barry Newman

Barry Newman

Barney Duncan

Bill Kerr

Bill Kerr

Willliam Ashby

Trisha Noble

Trisha Noble

Gillian Boles

Alwyn Kurts

Alwyn Kurts

Jack McGinty

John Ewart

John Ewart

Sam O'Bannon

Bruce Spence

Bruce Spence

Towie

Willie Fennell

Old Alf

Vincent Ball

Vincent Ball

Prime Minister

Erin Pearce

Ernie Kramer

Noel Trevarthen

Noel Trevarthen

Kimball

Creative team

Directed by: Arch Nicholson
Written by: Walter Halsey Davis
Produced by: Hal McElroy

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