Deadline

5.8
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 1988. January 1.

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 monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.

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John Hurt

Granville Jones

Imogen Stubbs

Lady Romy Burton

Robert McBain

Sandy McCulloch

Greg Hicks

Lou Rivers

Julian Curry

Stuart-Smith

David Conville

Sir Geoffrey Burton

Roshan Seth

The Emir of Hawa

Naji Ahmed

Suleiman's brother

John Bowe

Shaun Carew

J.R.M. Chapman

The guest

Yannis Lazarides

Hatim (adult)

Camera

Philip Bonham-Carter

Director of Photography

Directing

Richard Stroud

Director

Production

Derek Nelson

Associate Producer

Douglas Kentish

Executive Producer

Sound

Jim Parker

Original Music Composer

Writing

Tom Stacey

Writer