# Detector (1980)

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**Original title**: *The Chain Reaction*
**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Ian Barry
**Written by**: Ian Barry
**Starring**: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Ralph Cotterill, Richard Moir

> *One terrifying mistake and there was no return!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Australian outback. Autumn wind. A crow's call.
Radioactive waste poisons a man, forcing him on the run. An engineer and a paramedic become embroiled as he seeks to expose a corporate cover-up.
Paranoia blooms in the Ozploitation sun.

**Mood tags**: paranoid

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