Time Bomb | |
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Genre | Action Drama |
Written by | Westbrook Claridge (teleplay) Roderick Taylor (story) |
Directed by | Paul Krasny |
Starring | Billy Dee Williams Merlin Olsen Joseph Bottoms Morgan Fairchild |
Music by | Sylvester Levay |
Country of origin | US |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Bari Carrelli |
Producers | James Duff McAdams (as James McAdams) Mike Snyder (as Michael Snyder) Barry J. Weitz (as Barry Weitz) Tom Thayer (uncredited) Clara George |
Production location | Dallas |
Cinematography | Don Reddy |
Editors | Donald Hoskinson Donald R. Rode David A. Simmons |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production companies | Barry Weitz Films Universal Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | March 25, 1984 |
Time Bomb is a 1984 made-for-TV action-adventure movie. [1] Critic
Critic Robert Cettl described Time Bomb as an update on 1970s trucker films and noted the unusual move of casting a woman to play the leader of a terrorist ring. [2] The film was viewed as a slight departure from Fairchild and Olsen's images. Fairchild was cast to draw her large soap opera audience, Fairchild, who described her prior roles as largely "exploitative glitz," said she appreciated the grittier material. Some critics, however, were skeptical of the casting. [3] [1]
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