Deadline (1988 film)
Deadline is a 1988 British drama television film, directed by Richard Stroud and based on a novel and adapted for the screen by Tom Stacey, which aired on BBC. It stars John Hurt as an alcoholic Fleet Street journalist caught up in a coup on an island in the Persian Gulf, where the Emir's son and an enforcer attempt to depose his father.[1][2]
Cast
- John Hurt as Granville Jones
- Imogen Stubbs as Lady Romy Burton
- Robert McBain as Sandy McCulloch
- Greg Hicks as Lou Rivers
- Bargach Abdelrahim as Abdullah
- Julian Curry as Stuart-Smith
- David Conville as Sir Geoffrey Burton
- Roshan Seth as The Emir of Hawa
References
- Martin, Mick; Bang, Derrick (1994). Video Movie Guide 1995. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-345-39027-1.
- Bowker's complete video directory. Bowker. 2000. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-8352-4308-7.
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