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Dunedin barrister Alf Hanlon’s first — and most famous — defence case was the first episode in this award-winning drama series about his career. In 1895, alleged baby farmer Minnie Dean was charged with murdering two infants in her care. Hanlon’s inspired manslaughter defence was undermined by the judge’s direction to the jury; and Dean became the only woman to be hanged in NZ. Hanlon vowed none of his future clients would ever suffer this fate. Emmy-nominated and a major critical success, the episode contributed to a re-evaluation of Dean’s conviction.
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A shot taken during filming of the Emmy-nominated Minnie Dean episode of Hanlon. Atop the crane is camera operator Michael O'Connor. The scene was shot on the Weka Pass Railway in North Canterbury.
Photograph by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell
Extras on the set of Hanlon.
Photograph taken by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell
The Hanlon crew filming outside the Parliamentary Library.
Photograph taken by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell
A behind the scenes shot taken near Dunedin, for 1985 TV series Hanlon. Cameraman Michael O'Connor is hanging off the car, while actor Bill Ewens is behind the wheel. In the back seat are soundman Neil Newcombe and director Wayne Tourell (half obscured).
Photographer: Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Wayne Tourell
A shot taken in the town of Stillwater: the director's chair for Wayne Tourell, which travelled across New Zealand during the six-month shoot for Tourell's passion project Hanlon.
Photograph by Graham Wallace. Kindly provided by Brian Walden
