Deadline (1982 film)

*Deadline*
Deadline
Written by	Walter Davis
Directed by	Arch Nicholson
Starring	Barry Newman; Bill Kerr; Trisha Noble; Alwyn Kurts; Bruce Spence
Country of origin	Australia; United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Hal McElroy
Running time	94 minutes
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Australia; New South Wales Film Corporation
Budget	A$750,000
Original release
Release	30 December 1981 (Sydney)

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Production[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

Deadline at IMDb

[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.

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