One of the most intriguing murder cases from Down Under concerned the killing of rural New Zealanders Harvey and Jeannette Crewe. Eventually, a young farmer named Arthur Thomas was tried and convicted for their murder, only to be pardoned in 1979 after David Yallop's hard-hitting book
re-opened the case. David Hemmings plays malevolent cop Bruce Hutton, who resorts to planting evidence (a la Orson Welles' Hank Quinlan in TOUCH OF EVIL) in order to convict Thomas (Hargreaves). An attempt was made to cast actors who looked like the real figures in the story, but this effort will
mean little to viewers outside New Zealand or Australia. The film's semi-documentary styl...
Released:
1980
Rated:
NR
Length:
127 mins