Deadline (1980): Cast
Deadline is a 1980 drama thriller directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, starring Philip Akin as Student #1, Ken Camroux-Taylor and James Kidnie. It runs 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Release year
- Runtime
- 1h 30m (90 min)
- Director
- Mario Philip Azzopardi
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Horror Picture Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Deadline About?
The premise of Deadline without spoilers.
Obsessed with writing the ultimate horror story, a screenwriter finds his own life becoming the nightmare he imagined. As the line between fiction and reality blurs, his marriage and his children’s respect crumble, while harsh critics close in. Driven by a relentless deadline, he risks everything, even his sanity, to finish.
Deadline Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- burned alive
- reference to bette davis
- death of pregnant woman
- husband wife relationship
- tied to a bed
- drug abuse
- child
- dead child
- murder of a pregnant woman
- screenwriter
- child murders a child
- typewriter
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- trashing room
- shower
- rolls royce
- revolver
- prostitute
- novelist
- fur coat
- death of grandmother
- bad parenting
- tied to a cross
- brown note
- bad parents
- burning bed
- nun
- drugs
- movie producer
- blood
- cocaine
- hanging
- hanged child
- writing
- writer's block
- drug addiction
- murder of a priest
- canuxploitation
- reference to hermann hesse
- big natural breasts
- female topless nudity
- writer
- mutilation
- gore
- deadline
- toronto ontario canada
- ontario
- cult film
- nudity
- child murders an adult
- eating human flesh
Deadline Cast & Characters
Philip Akin leads the cast as Student #1, with Ken Camroux-Taylor as Moderator and James Kidnie as Younger Man. Directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi; 27 actors are credited in all.
- Director Mario Philip Azzopardi
- Philip Akin as Student #1
- Ken Camroux-Taylor as Moderator
- James Kidnie as Younger Man
- Michael Copeman as Wino
Also Starring in Deadline
· 23 more- Louis Negin Older Man
- Jeannie Elias Darlene Winters
- Stephen Young Steven Lessey
- Caroline Yeager Nadya
- Theresa Tova Honey
- Walker Boone Newscaster
- Richard Alden Linstrom
- Marvin Goldhar Burt Horowitz
- William Osler Doctor Masters
- Kurt Schiegl Boltz’s Henchman
- Jimmy Loftus Inspector
- Cindy Hinds Sharon Lessey
- Judy Foster Bee
- Sharon Masters Elizabeth Lessey
- Carole Pope Themselves
- Peter Manierka Bearded Monk
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- Tod Woodcroft David Lessey
- Phillip Leonard Philip Lessey
- Bev Marsh Martha Lessey
- Kevan Staples Punk Rock Band Member
- Bill Yak Student #2
- Henry Less Film director
- Peter Peer Boltz
More from Mario Philip Azzopardi
More films directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi: Saul: The Journey to Damascus, Aladdin and the Death Lamp, WitchSlayer Gretl and Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods.
Deadline Videos
The clip of Deadline.
Deadline Also Known As
2 alternative titles: “Deadline - A Living Nightmare” and “最终期限”.
- Also known as
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- Deadline - A Living Nightmare
- 最终期限
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Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Deadline at Dawn, Till Death and Curfew.
Deadline FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Deadline, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Deadline?
Deadline runs 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes).
When was Deadline released?
Deadline was released in 1980.
Who directed Deadline?
Deadline was directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi.
More films by Mario Philip Azzopardi Who is in the cast of Deadline?
Deadline stars Philip Akin as Student #1, Ken Camroux-Taylor as Moderator and James Kidnie as Younger Man, among 27 credited actors.
Does Deadline have a post-credit scene?
No. Deadline has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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