Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Robert Carlyle
as David O'Sullivan
Charles Dance
as Roderic Chamberlain
Kerry Fox
as Helen Devaney
Colin Friels
as Father Tom Dixon
Ben Mendelsohn
as Rupert Murdoch
David Ngoombujarra
as Young Max Stuart
Max Stuart
as Old Max Stuart
Rhys McConnochie
as Justice Abbott
Bille Brown
as Thomas Playford
John Gregg
as Rohan Rivett
Roy Billing
as Det Sgt Turner
Gary Waddell
as Constable Jones
