Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Not for laughs, comfort or warmth.
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Cast
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Barry NewmanBarney Duncan
Bill KerrWillliam Ashby
Trisha NobleGillian Boles
Alwyn KurtsJack McGinty
John EwartSam O'Bannon
Bruce SpenceTowie
Vincent BallPrime Minister
Noel TrevarthenKimball
Kevin MilesThurber
Carole SkinnerSybil
Sean ScullyArmy Officer
Michael DuffieldAir Vice Marshall
Rob SteeleASIO Agent
Brian WenzelASIO Agent
Norman KayeASIO Agent
Danny AdcockASIO Agent
Ken WayneFire Officer
Robert HughesFletcher
Wallas EatonGoodman
Tony BlackettW/Cdr. Kinkaid
Howard VernonDoorman
Tony WagerBomb Expert
Katherine ThomsonTelephonist
Crew
- Directed by
- Arch Nicholson
- Written by
- Walter Halsey Davis
- Produced by
- Hal McElroy
- Music by
- Brian May
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
January 1, 1982 · 1 h 34 min · Violence
- Released
- January 1, 1982
- Runtime
- 1 h 34 min
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Thriller, TV Movie
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- Australia
- Budget
- $790,000
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