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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 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Arch Nicholson |
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| Writer: | Walter Halsey Davis |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1982 |
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| Director: | Arch Nicholson |
| Writer: | Walter Halsey Davis |
| Genres: | TV Movie, Thriller |
| Keywords | terrorism, nuclear weapons |
| Production Companies | New South Wales Film Corp., Nine Network Australia, Hanna-Barbera Australia |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $790,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Barry Newman | Barney Duncan |
| Bill Kerr | Willliam Ashby |
| Trisha Noble | Gillian Boles |
| Alwyn Kurts | Jack McGinty |
| John Ewart | Sam O'Bannon |
| Bruce Spence | Towie |
| Willie Fennell | Old Alf |
| Vincent Ball | Prime Minister |
| Erin Pearce | Ernie Kramer |
| Noel Trevarthen | Kimball |
| Jeff Ashby | Deighton |
| Kevin Miles | Thurber |
| Carole Skinner | Sybil |
| Brian Blain | Dr. Durant |
| Sean Scully | Army Officer |
| Barry Donnelly | Sgt. Bolas |
| Bettina Welch | Mrs. Ashby |
| Michael Duffield | Air Vice Marshall |
| Rob Steele | ASIO Agent |
| Brian Wenzel | ASIO Agent |
| Norman Kaye | ASIO Agent |
| Danny Adcock | ASIO Agent |
| Ken Wayne | Fire Officer |
| Robert Hughes | Fletcher |
| Wallas Eaton | Goodman |
| John Beynham | Jensen |
| Julie McGregor | Barney's Girl |
| Ray Marshall | Comm. Gallagher |
| Tony Blackett | W/Cdr. Kinkaid |
| Anthony Ingersent | Canberra Contact |
| John Faassen | Gen. Hornsby |
| Howard Vernon | Doorman |
| Brian Anderson | Seismo Tech. |
| Elizabeth Crosby | Joanne |
| Tony Wager | Bomb Expert |
| Paul Bertram | Radar Tracker |
| Katherine Thomson | Telephonist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Arch Nicholson | Director |
| Walter Halsey Davis | Screenplay, Story |
| David Gribble | Cinematography |
| Larry Eastwood | Production Design |
| David Huggett | Editor |
| Brian May | Conductor, Music |
| Peter Appleton | Production Supervisor |
| Max Aspin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Bob Hicks | Stunts |
| Dale Aspin | Stunts |
| Tim D. Lloyd | Sound Recordist |
| Caroline Stanton | Continuity |
| Elaine Crowther | Production Accountant |
| Camilla Rountree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Charles Rotherham | First Assistant Director |
| John Warran | Second Assistant Director |
| David Trethewey | Third Assistant Director |
| Jaana Ropponen | Production Secretary |
| Peter Menzies | Focus Puller |
| Stuart Guin | Clapper Loader |
| Grahame Litchfield | Grip |
| Miles Moulson | Gaffer |
| Gordon Nutt | Best Boy Grip |
| Sally Gordon | Makeup & Hair |
| David Bowden | Assistant Art Director |
| Linda Bates | Art Department Assistant |
| Karan Monkhouse | Standby Property Master |
| Catriona Brown | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Brian Hocking | Construction Manager |
| Bob Paton | Carpenter |
| Alan Maxwell | Special Effects |
| Jack Friedmann | Boom Operator |
| Frans Vandenburg | Assistant Editor |
| Andrew Steuart | Sound Editor |
| Ashley Grenville | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bob Mooreheadh | Still Photographer |
| John Faithful | Catering |
| Fiona McConaghy | Producer's Assistant |
| Julian Ellingworth | Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal McElroy | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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