Drama
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Directed by
Craig Lahiff
Written by
Louis Nowra
Charles Dance
Roderic Chamberlain
Ben Mendelsohn
Rupert Murdoch
Robert Carlyle
David O'Sullivan
Kerry Fox
Helen Devaney
Josephine Byrnes
Barmaid
Colin Friels
Father Tom Dixon
Heather Mitchell
Roma Chamberlain
Roy Billing
Det Sgt Turner
Vincent Ball
Chief Justice Napier
Chris Haywood
Det-Sgt Karskens
Andy Anderson
Norman Geiseman
Peter Carroll
Viscount Simonds
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Mrs. Aston
Bille Brown
Thomas Playford
Susan Lyons
Dr. Thompson (uncredited)
Marshall Napier
Prison Warder
Tim Robertson
Mr. King
Paul Sonkkila
Bishop
John Gregg
Rohan Rivett
Lisa Flanagan
Girl at Cinema
Gary Waddell
Constable Jones
Frank Gallacher
Justice Reed
Don Barker
Ceduna Magistrate
Peter Whitford
Justice Windeyer
Edmund Pegge
Dawson
Rhys McConnochie
Justice Abbott
David Ngoombujarra
Young Max Stuart
Max Stuart
Old Max Stuart
Patrick Duggin
Policeman #1
Andrew Martin
Policeman #2
Petru Gheorghiu
Dr. Strehlow
Tony Mack
Mr. Aston
Donald MacDonald
Lord Tucker
Nick Readman
Alan Moir
Scott Harrison
Ed Montale
Edwin Hodgeman
Govt. Prosecutor
Briah Victory
Mary Hattam
Bernard Hull
Policeman #3
Dylan Lloyd
Policeman #4
Phillip Lowe
Playford's Assistant
Roger Newcombe
Clerk of Arraigns
Colleen Cross
Air Hostess
Wojciech Pisarek
Yugoslav Drunk
Paul Simpson
Paul Spry
John Leigh Gray
Jury Foreman
Chris Duncan
Clerk of Courts
David Buchanan
Juror (uncredited)
Chris Koch
Court Attendance (uncredited)

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