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Special Bulletin(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-03-20
70%
25 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Ohlmeyer Communications Company
Movie: Special Bulletin
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ed Flanders
John Woodley
Kathryn Walker
Susan Myles
Roxanne Hart
Megan Barclay
Christopher Allport
Steven Levitt
David Clennon
Bruce Lyman
David Rasche
David McKeeson
Rosalind Cash
Frieda Barton
Ebbe Roe Smith
Jim Seaver
Roberta Maxwell
Diane Silverman
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An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.
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1983-03-20
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