99 minutes
10/31/2002
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.
Robert Carlyle
as David O'Sullivan
Charles Dance
as Roderic Chamberlain
Kerry Fox
as Helen Devaney
Colin Friels
as Father Tom Dixon
Ben Mendelsohn
as Rupert Murdoch
David Ngoombujarra
as Young Max Stuart
Max Stuart
as Old Max Stuart
Rhys McConnochie
as Justice Abbott
Bille Brown
as Thomas Playford
John Gregg
as Rohan Rivett
Roy Billing
as Det Sgt Turner
Gary Waddell
as Constable Jones
Patrick Duggin
as Policeman #1
Andrew Martin
as Policeman #2
Frank Gallacher
as Justice Reed
Vincent Ball
as Chief Justice Napier
Peter Whitford
as Justice Windeyer
Heather Mitchell
as Roma Chamberlain
Chris Haywood
as Det-Sgt Karskens
Paul Sonkkila
as Bishop
Petru Gheorghiu
as Dr. Strehlow
Penne Hackforth-Jones
as Mrs. Aston
Marshall Napier
as Prison Warder
Josephine Byrnes
as Barmaid
Andy Anderson
as Norman Geiseman
Tim Robertson
as Mr. King
Peter Carroll
as Viscount Simonds
Tony Mack
as Mr. Aston
Lisa Flanagan
as Girl at Cinema
Donald MacDonald
as Lord Tucker