Deadline

Deadline

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1988

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.

Deadline

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1988

Deadline
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.
Producers BBC
Original title Deadline
Directors Richard Stroud
Writers Tom Stacey

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

Naji Ahmed

as Suleiman's brother

Ahmed Boulane

as Al-Bakr

John Bowe

as Shaun Carew

J.R.M. Chapman

as The guest

Lou Hirsch

as Monty

Bajji Abdel Kabir

as Winchman

Yannis Lazarides

as Hatim (adult)