Movie Description
Threads
(1985)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Mick Jackson
- Producer : Mick Jackson
- Writer : Barry Hines
- Editor : Donna Bickerstaff,Jim Latham
- Cast : Karen Meagher,Reece Dinsdale,David Brierly,Rita May,Nicholas Lane,Jane Hazlegrove,Henry Moxon,June Broughton,Sylvia Stoker,Harry Beety,Ruth Holden,Ashley Barker,Michael O'Hagan,Phil Rose,Steve Halliwell,Brian Grellis,Peter Faulkner,Anthony Collin,Michael Ely,Sharon Baylis,David Stutt,Phil Askham,Anna Seymour,Fiona Rook,Christine Buckley,Joe Belcher,David Major,Maggie Ford,Mike Kay,Richard Albrecht,Ted Beyer,Dean Williamson,Joe Holmes,Andy Fenn-Rodgers,Graham Hill,Nigel Collins,Jerry Ready,Dennis Conlon,Greta Dunn,Nat Jackley,John Livesey,Victoria O'Keefe,Lee Daley,Marcus Lund,Lesley Judd,Colin Ward-Lewis,Paul Vaughan,Ingrid P. Frehley,Michael Shale,Anne Sellors,Lee Cambell,Jonathan Harston,Patrick Allen,Ed Bishop
Cast
Ruth Beckett
Jimmy Kemp
Mr. Kemp
Mrs. Kemp
Michael Kemp
Alison Kemp
Mr Beckett
Mrs Beckett
Granny Beckett
Clive Sutton
Marjorie Sutton
Bob
Chief Supt. Hirst
Medical Officer
Information Officer
Accommodation Officer
Transport Officer
Food Officer
Scientific Officer
Manpower Officer
Works Officer
Mr Stothard
Mrs Stothard
Carol Stothard
Woman in Supermarket
Shopkeeper
Boy in Supermarket
Peace Speaker
Trade Unionist
Officer at Food Depot
Policeman
Policeman
Mr Langley
Patrol Officer
Soldier
Soldier
Looter
Looter
Woman at Hospital
Old Man at Graveyard
Street Trader
Jane
Spike
Gaz
Newscaster
Newscaster
Narrator (voice)
Woman with dead baby (uncredited)
Man who has leg amputated (uncredited)
Woman who urinates herself (uncredited)
Dead Boy Under Gate (uncredited)
Survivor on the Moors (uncredited)
Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
US President (voice) (uncredited)
Posters
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Facts
Original TitleThreads
Status Released
Release Information
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1985-08-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 57m
Budget₹ 420000
Production CompaniesWestern-World Television Inc.,BBC,Nine Network Australia
Genres
- War
- Drama
- Science Fiction
