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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)

Director: John Laing

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From Time Out Film Guide

'You wouldn't want me to confess to something I didn't do, would you? Would you?' But that's just what Inspector David Hemmings does want in this true tale of Rough Justice Down Under, based on a controversial court case involving a New Zealand farmer charged with a double killing, which occupied the country's courts from 1970 till the Prime Minister's pardon in 1979. This modest but enjoyable film wears its pessimistic noir trappings well: cops who believe everyone's got something to hide, everybody's guilty, and rigging evidence and jury lists accordingly; the wife who almost cracks under the strain; most of all, the lack of faith in the truism that justice will out.

Author: RM

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: John Laing

Producer: John Barnett

Cast: David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Tony Barry, Martyn Sanderson, Grant Tilly, Diana Rowan full cast

Genre(s): Film Noir

Duration: 108 mins


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