Deadline

Plot

In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling m... read more

  • Richard Stroud

    Director

  • Tom Stacey

    Writer

  • Philip Bonham-Carter

    Director of Photography

  • John Hurt

    Granville Jones

  • Imogen Stubbs

    Lady Romy Burton

  • Robert McBain

    Sandy McCulloch

  • Greg Hicks

    Lou Rivers

  • Bargach Abdelrahim

    Abdullah

  • Julian Curry

    Stuart-Smith

  • David Conville

    Sir Geoffrey Burton

  • Roshan Seth

    The Emir of Hawa

  • Naji Ahmed

    Suleiman's brother

  • Ahmed Boulane

    Al-Bakr

  • John Bowe

    Shaun Carew

  • J.R.M. Chapman

    The guest

  • Lou Hirsch

    Monty

  • Bajji Abdel Kabir

    Winchman

  • Yannis Lazarides

    Hatim (adult)

  • Runtime

    85 minutes

    Released

    1988-01-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    BBC

    Sound

  • Jim Parker

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    795 days ago

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