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Deadline (1988 film)

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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.

Plot

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An alcoholic Fleet Street journalist is 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

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References

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  1. ^ Martin, Mick; Bang, Derrick (1994). Video Movie Guide 1995. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-345-39027-1.
  2. ^ Bowker's complete video directory. Bowker. 2000. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-8352-4308-7.
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