Ground Zero

Ground Zero

109 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 1, 1987

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.

Ground Zero

109 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Oct. 1, 1987

Ground Zero
A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Burrowes Film Group, Hoyts Distribution, BDB
Original title Ground Zero
Directors Liz Perry, Stuart Freeman, Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson, David Eggby
Writers Mac Gudgeon, Jan Sardi

Cast

Colin Friels

as Harvey Denton

Jack Thompson

as Trebilcock

Donald Pleasence

as Prosper Gaffney

Natalie Bate

as Pat Denton

Burnham Burnham

as Charlie

Simon Chilvers

as Commission president

Neil Fitzpatrick

as Hooking

Bob Maza

as Walemari

Peter Cummins

as Ballantyne, Australian veteran

Brian James

as Vice-Adm. Windsor

Bob Hornery

as Meteorologist

Beverley Dunn

as Commisioner #1

Alan Hopgood

as Commisioner #2

Steve Dodd

as Freddy Tjapalijarri

Alfred Austen

as Aboriginal elder

Kim Gyngell

as Detective

Mark Mitchell

as Detective

Kylie Belling

as Receptionist

Peter Sardi

as Carl Denton

Cameron Kavanagh

as Domenic

Douglas Hedge

as Film Archives Clerk

Fred Steele

as U.S. Sergeant

John Heywood

as Australian Veteran

Johnny Hallyday

as U.S. Corporal

Michael Read

as Knifeman

Janet Andrewartha

as New Neighbor