| Release Date: | Jan 2009 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
| Cast: | Cohen Holloway (David Dougherty) Jodie Rimmer (Donna Chisholm) Peter Elliott (Murray Gibson) Tim Spite (Arie Geursen) Holly McDonald (Kate Coburn) Ngapaki Emery (Jo-Ann Atutolu) John Wraight (Barry Lichter) Miranda Harcourt (Dr Patricia Sullivan) Edward Campbell (Alan Dougherty) Tim Gordon (Crown Prosecutor) Jeff Kingsford-Brown (Roger Dudding) Martyn Sanderson (Justice Ellison) Phil Peleton (Thomas Drawbridge) Diane Spodarek (Rebecca Reynolds) Alan Lovell (Stephen Gutowski) Ross Jolly (Sunday Star Times Editor) Jodie Hillock (Sonja) Robyn Paterson (Court Reporter Junkie) Dan Cleary (Detective in Charge) Mike Hall (Detective 2) Dra McKay (Police Doctor) Nathan Meister (Constable) Jason Whyte (Nicholas Reekie (as Jason Owen Whyte)) Stephen Reweti (Prison Heavy) Nick Dunbar (Prisoner) Daniel Rathbon (Prisoner) Quentin Wallace (Prisoner) Kaden N. Enari (Jason (5 yrs)) James Moriarty (Jason (9 yrs)) Jerome Leota (David's Mate in Prison) Stephen Tamarapa (David's Mate at Railyards) Miriama Ketu (Woman at Railyards) Susan Curnow (Cherie) Tanea Heke (Mary Dougherty) Grant Roa (Mt Eden Guard) Fraser McLeod (Mt Eden Guard) Mike Rangi (Mt Eden Guard) Rodney Haines (Mt Eden Guard) Peter Doile (Mt Eden Guard) Paul Andrew Tansley (Rangipo Guard) Troy O'Kane (Rangipo Guard) Maaka Pohatu (Courtroom / Cell Guard) Michael Turia-Thompson (Courtroom Guard) Joseph Mika-Hunt (Courtroom Guard) Peter Sledmere (Judge First Trial) Ken Blackburn (Appeal Court Judge (as Ken Blackburn...) Tim Castle (Appeal Court Judge) Ian Wedde (Appeal Court Judge) Steven Ray (Funeral Director) Matthew Chamberlain (Friend at Dinner) Rachel More (Friend at Dinner) Paula Boock (Lab Technician) Ian Johnstone (Judge in toilets) Adele Chapman (Clerk of Court Second Trial) Turei Reidy (Foreman First Trial (as Turei Reedy)) Vanessa Stacey (Forewoman Second Trial) Winham Hammond (Driver of Car) Julius Capilitan (Jogger) Julie O'Brien (Kate's Mother) Salesi Le'ota (Waiter) |
In 1992 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court appeals, a petition to the Governor General and 4 years, 6 months and 1 week in prison before David finally won his freedom and was pardoned of the crime he didn't commit. But it wouldn't have happened without the unrelenting efforts of three individuals - a journalist, a lawyer and a scientist - who put their own personal and professional lives on the line in order to prove that David Dougherty was innocent.
