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The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war.

1984 · NC-17 · 1h 57m

Directed by Mick Jackson

7.6

TMDB audience score
447 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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Cast

  • Karen Meagher
    Ruth Beckett

  • Reece Dinsdale
    Jimmy Kemp

  • David Brierly
    Mr. Kemp

  • Rita May
    Mrs. Kemp

  • Nicholas Lane
    Michael Kemp

  • Jane Hazlegrove
    Alison Kemp

  • Henry Moxon
    Mr Beckett

  • June Broughton
    Mrs Beckett

  • Sylvia Stoker
    Granny Beckett

  • Harry Beety
    Clive Sutton

  • Ruth Holden
    Marjorie Sutton

  • Ashley Barker
    Bob

  • Michael O'Hagan
    Chief Supt. Hirst

  • Phil Rose
    Medical Officer

  • Steve Halliwell
    Information Officer

  • Brian Grellis
    Accommodation Officer

  • Peter Faulkner
    Transport Officer

  • Anthony Collin
    Food Officer