Deadline (1982 film)

Deadline
Deadline
Directed by	Arch Nicholson
Written by	Walter Davis
Produced by	Hal McElroy
Starring	Barry Newman; Bill Kerr; Trisha Noble; Alwyn Kurts; Bruce Spence
Production; companies	Hanna-Barbera Australia; New South Wales Film Corporation
Distributed by	Worldvision Enterprises
Release date	30 December 1981 (Sydney)[1]
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Australia; United States
Language	English
Budget	A$750,000[2]

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.

Plot

Journalist Barney Duncan (Barry Newman) discovers that an earthquake on the Australian outback was found to be a small nuclear detonation, and the work of an extortionist who vowed to detonate more devices unless his conditions for blackmail are met.

Cast

Barry Newman as Barney Duncan
Trisha Noble as Gillian Boles
Bruce Spence as Towie
Alwyn Kurts as Jack McGinty
Brian Blain as Dr. Durant

Production

It was originally known as Shadow Effects and was shot on location in Sydney, Canberra and the mining town of Broken Hill. It was a pilot for an unmade TV series which was to be called Foreign Correspondent.[3][4]

At one stage Graham Kennedy was going to play a priest.[5]

Production was held up due to protests from Actors Equity.[6]

"I like the concept, it's a contemporary issue," said Newman during filming in December 1980. "I'm a news nut; my favorite actor is Walter Cronkite."[7]

References

"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1981. p. 44.
"Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1981 p170
Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p39-40
"Pete Smith". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 37. Australia. 11 February 1981. p. 40 (TV WORLD). Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"TIMESTYLE TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 432. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 September 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
"timestyle". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 502. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 November 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
Groves, Don (7 December 1980). "Inhibitions don't curb barry". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.

External links

Deadline at IMDb

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[1] "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1981. p. 44.

[2] "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1981 p170

[scott-3] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p39-40

[4] "Pete Smith". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 37. Australia. 11 February 1981. p. 40 (TV WORLD). Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "TIMESTYLE TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 432. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 September 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "timestyle". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 502. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 November 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] Groves, Don (7 December 1980). "Inhibitions don't curb barry". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.