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Deadline

6.019881h 25mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorRichard Stroud
WriterTom Stacey
ProducerDouglas Kentish

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Cast · Directed by Richard Stroud

JHJohn Hurt
John Hurt
Granville Jones
ISImogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs
Lady Romy Burton
RM
Robert McBain
Sandy McCulloch
GHGreg Hicks
Greg Hicks
Lou Rivers
AB
Abderrahim Bargache
Abdullah
JCJulian Curry
Julian Curry
Stuart-Smith
DC
David Conville
Sir Geoffrey Burton
RSRoshan Seth
Roshan Seth
The Emir of Hawa
NA
Naji Ahmed
Suleiman's brother
ABAhmed Boulane
Ahmed Boulane
Al-Bakr
JBJohn Bowe
John Bowe
Shaun Carew
JC
J.R.M. Chapman
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