The Dean Case

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The Dean Case
GenreDrama
Written byBrian Bell
Directed by Kevin Dobson
Starring Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Ivar Kants
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlan Burke
Production company ABC
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 26, 1983 (1983-02-26)

The Dean Case is a 1983 Australian TV movie which was the first of four telemovies called Verdict produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being The Amorous Dentist , Who Killed Hannah Jane?, and The Schippan Mystery ). [1]

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Plot

The movie tells the story of George Dean, a Sydney-based ferry boat master, arrested in 1895 for attempting to poison his wife. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. "Waters and Thornton to star in new Crawford mini-series". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 158. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p41