Secret Weapon (film)

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Secret Weapon
Written byNick Evans
Directed byIan Sharpe
Starring Griffin Dunne
Karen Allen
Jeroen Krabbe
Stuart Wilson
John Rhys-Davies
Brian Cox
Music byAlan Lisk
Country of originAustralia
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerNick Evans
Production companyGriffin Productions
Original release
Release1990 (1990)

Secret Weapon is a 1990 American-Australian film. [1]

Contents

It is the true story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear technician who revealed to the world his country's nuclear weapons capabilities.

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p138