A nuke in London, a madman with a grudge, and 52 minutes to sweat it out.
A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway?
Acting
Harry Andrews chews scenery as the unhinged dictator Goddard.
Direction
Elliott wrangles maximum dread from minimal sets.
Writing
Tight dialogue that trusts viewers to keep up.
Director
Michael Elliott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made at the height of Cold War embassy standoffs, when nuclear black felt terrifyingly plausible.
Peter Bowles appears pre-fame; he'd later dominate British TV in To the Manor Born.
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