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This feature is a dramatized reconstruction of actual events surrounding a notorious miscarriage of justice. Farmer Arthur Allan Thomas was jailed for the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe but later exonerated. Directed by John Laing, produced by John Barnett and starring well-known English actor David Hemmings (Blowup, Barbarella), the docudrama leveraged the immense public interest in the case (Thomas was pardoned when the film was in pre-production), and it was NZ's most successful commercial film until Goodbye Pork Pie.
The May 10th, 1980 issue of the NZ Listener carried an article by Phil Gifford, reporting directly from the set of Beyond Reasonable Doubt. The piece was prefaced by a remarkable photograph of actor John Hargreaves next to the ...
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Television, 2009 (Trailer)
A telefeature film following another wrongful conviction case
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
A documentary that includes discussion of this film
Television, 1993 (Excerpts)
A play performed for prisoners, consisting of accounts of violent crime
Television, 1979 (Full Length Episode)
The Arthur Allan Thomas case is part of a skit in this satire show
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
Celebrated murder case from the 1890s
Television, 1980 (Full Length)
Doco about the making of Beyond Reasonable Doubt
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shayne
Posted at 03.30AM - 01.08.2011
Is there anywhere/way, one could buy or download this movie?