Final image, followed by fade to black and titles:
The Royal Commission did not overturn the guilty verdict.
Max Stuart spent 14 years in prison for the crime of raping and murdering Mary Hattam. David O'Sullivan moved to Victoria in 1960 as there was no legal future for him in Adelaide. He died five years later in a car accident. Helen Devaney also left South Australia and was admitted into practice in Victoria.
Roderic Chamberlain never became Chief Justice but he did get his knighthood. Tom Dixon left the ministry and married soon after.
Rupert Murdoch went on to own one of the largest newspaper and communications empires in the world, the News Corporation.
On Max Stuart, driving in the outback, voice over and to camera, with subtitles: “Yeah, some people think …
that I'm guilty … and some people think I'm not.
Some people think Elvis Presley is still alive … and most of us think he's dead and gone.”
Cut to a wide travelling shot, and then credits roll over black: David O'Sullivan Robert Carlyle Roderic Chamberlain Charles Dance Helen Devaney Kerry Fox Young Max Stuart David Ngoombujarra Old Max Stuart Max Stuart Father Tom Dixon Colin Friels Rupert Murdoch Ben Mendelsohn Thomas Playford Bille Brown Rohan Rivett John Gregg Det Sgt Turner Roy Billing Constable Jones Gary Waddell Policeman #1 Patrick Duggin Policeman #2 Andrew Martin Justice Reed Frank Gallacher Justice Abbott Rhys McConnochie Chief Justice Napier Vincent Ball Justice Windeyer Peter Whitford Lord Tucker Donald Macdonald Viscount Simonds Peter Carroll Roma Chamberlain Heather Mitchell Mrs Aston Penne Hackforth-Jones Dr Strehlow Petru Gheorgiu Bishop Paul Sonkilla Mr King Tim Robertson Norman Geiseman Andy Anderson Allan Moir Nick Readman Det Sgt Karskens Chris Haywood Dawson Edmund Pegge Ed Montale Scott Harrison Prison Warder Marshall Napier Barmaid Josephine Byrnes Ceduna Magistrate Don Barker Government Prosecutor Edwin Hodgeman Mary Hattam Briah Victory Mr Hattam Steve Turner Policeman #3 Bernard Hull Policeman #4 Dylan Lloyd Tracker #1 Kenneth Ken Tracker #2 Maurice Nicholson Girl at Cinema Lisa Flanagan Paul Spry Paul Simpson Mr Aston Tony Mack Yugoslav Drunk Wojech Pisarek Playford's Assistant Phillip Lowe Clerk of Arraigns Roger Newcombe Clerk of Courts Chris Duncan Jury Foreman John Leigh Gray Air Hostess Colleen Cross
Robert Carlyle's Stand-in Michael Finney Charles Dance's Stand-ins Patrick Steer Alex Shepherd Tim Donaldson
1st Assistant Director Bob Donaldson 2nd Assistant Director Joanne Pearce 3rd Assistant Director Scott Lovelock AD Attachment Helen Lucy Moss Continuity Trudi Gardner Assistant to Mr. Carlyle Claire Berrie
Production Manager Cathy Flannery Production Coordinator Sally Clarke Production Secretary Alison Dredge Production Assistant Kerri Hudson Assistants to Nik Powell Anna Wulff Laerke Vindahl Scala Production Assistants Ian Prior Ozgur Uyanik Script Consultant Joanna Dinning Producer Attachment Darren Dale Production Accountant Elspeth Baird Assistant Accountant Karen Colebatch
Focus Puller Jules Wurm Clapper Loader Gerard Maher Video Split Operator Shane Forster Camera Attachment Nicholas Robinson
Gaffer Graeme Shelton Best Boy Dave Smith 3rd Electrics Werner Gerlach Gene Operator Josh Axford Additional Electrics Andrew Pole Robertto Karas
Key Grip Robin Morgan Best Boy Grip Mal Booth Assistant Grip Paul Anderson Mardi Thompson
Sound Recordist Toivo Lember Boom Swingers Mike Bakaloff Marco Arlotto
Art Director Sarah Gilligan Set Decorator Robert Webb Props Buyer/Dresser Jen Drake Assistant Props Buyer/Dresser Chris Jobson Assistant Set Dresser Philip 'Sunday' Hopkins Art Dept Runner Myles Mayo Art Department Assistant John Gauci
Standby Props John King Assistant Standby Props Yuri Poetzl Vehicle Coordinator Orlando Murray
Construction Manager Mark Hennessey Carpenter Ben Cross Standby Carpenter Matt Landreth Scenic Artist Kylie Lawson Graphic Designer Rita Zanchetta Costume Designer Annie Marshall Wardrobe Coordinator Mariot Kerr Wardrobe Supervisor Wendy Falconer Standby Wardrobe Heather Wallace Wardrobe Assistant Nunya Glazbrook 2nd Wardrobe Assistant Sarah Kurlinkus Tailor Tailors Of Distinction - Andrew Kemp Cutters Linda Evangelistis Jennifer Barrett Costumier Mary Partis Machinist Denise Strawhan
Key Hair/Makeup Tracy Philpott Makeup/Hairdresser Beverly Freeman Makeup/Hair Attachment Penny Armstrong Additional Hair Troy Davies Additional Makeup/Hair Suzie Warhurst Sue Taylor Fiona Rees Jones
Location Manager Sarah Abbey Location Assistant Jane Moralee Location Scout Mark Evans
Unit Manager Gary Buss Assistant Unit Manager Mark Johnson Unit Assistants Paul Allison (PJ) Dan Sanford Paul Lightfoot Kie Condon
Production Runners Teresa Palma Daniel Fitzgerald
Caterer Steve Marcus Catering Assistant Phil Pike
Safety Officer Dean Gould Stunt Coordinator Andy Clarke Safety Report Peter West Nurse Jen Bichard
Extras Casting Julie Lewington Stills Brian McKenzie Publicity DDA Associates - Fiona Searson
First Assistant Editor John Lee Assistant Editor Deb Van Gyen Film Conform Paula Lourie Neg Matching Chris Rowell
Sound Editing Supervisor /Dialogue Editor Livia Ruzic Effects Editor Frank Lipson Assistant Effects Editor Michael Craden Foley John Simpson Sound Mixer Phil Heywood Assistant Mixer Rory McGregor Mixing Studio South Australian Film Corporation
Film Stock Kodak - Boris Mitchell Camera Equipment Cameraquip - Malcolm Richards Lab Atlab - Ian Russell Telecine Video 8 - Damon Parry Titles and Opticals Optical & Graphic - Amanda & Peter Newton Post Production Facilities Oasis Post Production Digital Pictures Post Production Script Jo Stewart Lawyers Roth Warren - Bryce Menzies Travel Stage & Screen - Scott Mayne Rushes Freight Ausfilm Transport - Shane McKechnie Cast Greenrooms Star Wagons - Neville Mason Makeup/Wardrobe Trucks Mason's Locations - Mason Curtis Motorolas Communica
Insurance Aon - Jill Davidson Banking Facilities UK Royal Bank of Scotland - Lee Beasley Legals UK Davenport Lyons - Sam Tatton-Brown - Amy Carr Banking Facilities Australia Anz Banking Group (sic) Accounting Services Australia Edwards Marshall - Jon Sando - Jaye Barnes Audit Services UK Ivan Sopher & Co - Stuart Curtis Sale & Leaseback Facility Ingenious Films - Duncan Reid Completion Bond First Australian Completion Bond Company Pty Ltd and the Motion Picture Bond Company Inc - Corrie Soeterboek
Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by Cezary Skubiszewski © copyright Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Performed by Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra (members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Traditional Chant - Max Stuart
Orchestration and Conducting - Daryl McKenzie Recorded and Mixed by Robin Gray and Adam Rhodes at Allan Eaton Studio, Melbourne
Variations in E Flat K353 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed by Joseph Beckitt Special Thanks to
Ann-Kristin Westerberg, Edward Noeltner, Bryce Menzies, Catriona Hughes, Terry Jennings, Judith Crombie, Bruce Greenhaugh and The Supreme Court Library, Terry Hobart and the Courts Administration Authority, Malcolm Lehmann and Presiding Officers and staff of the Parliament of South Australia, Elliot Johnson, John Doyle, Michael Abbott, Peter Norman, Rachel Perkins, Ned Lander, Adelaide Gaol, South Australian Police Department, Lord Mayor's Office and Adelaide Town Hall, Law School and Physics Department of the University of Adelaide, Records and Archives Services of the University of Adelaide, Records and Archives Services of the University of Adelaide, Carrick Hill Trust, Adelaide City Council, Wakefield Regional Council, City of Port Adelaide & Enfield, CW Ottaway & Co., Radio Rentals, Philicia Antiques & Collectables Pty Ltd., Peter Scammell, Yellow Cab Company, Centre for Creative Photography, Karrans of Hyde Park, Jeanie Cameron, Joan Miller, Stuart Badcock
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