Special Bulletin

Directed by Edward Zwick
1983    1h 43mDrama, Thriller,
7.584%7.0
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own if their demand isn't met.

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  • Ed FlandersJohn Woodley
  • Kathryn WalkerSusan Myles
  • Roxanne HartMegan Barclay
  • Christopher AllportSteven Levitt
  • David ClennonBruce Lyman
  • David RascheDavid McKeeson
  • Rosalind CashFrieda Barton
  • Ebbe Roe SmithJim Seaver
  • Roberta MaxwellDiane Silverman
  • Mary Armstrong
  • Bernard BehrensDr. Niels Johansson
  • Ivan Bonar
  • Frank DentDr. Jason Halpern
  • Woody Eney
  • Robert Fields
  • Ron FrazierRobert Grafton
  • Bruce French
  • Elizabeth Gill
  • Peter HobbsJonathan E. Herman
  • Mie HuntEllen Stevens

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Special Bulletin was released on March 20, 1983.

Special Bulletin was directed by Edward Zwick.

Special Bulletin has a runtime of 1h 43m.

Special Bulletin was produced by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz.

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own if their demand isn't met.

The key characters in Special Bulletin are John Woodley (Ed Flanders), Susan Myles (Kathryn Walker), Megan Barclay (Roxanne Hart).

Special Bulletin is a Drama, Thriller, TV Movie film.

Special Bulletin has an audience rating of 8.4 out of 10.

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