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    Evil Angels (1988)

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    On the night of 17 August 1980, mother-of-three Lindy Chamberlain (Meryl Streep) watches a dingo carry her baby daughter, Azaria, from a tent near Uluru (then known as Ayers Rock) in central Australia. Azaria’s body is never found.

    evilangels12A Northern Territory coroner’s inquest clears Lindy and her husband, Pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), of any wrongdoing.

    Convinced the Chamberlains are guilty, police led by Detective Charlwood (Nick Tate) use questionable forensic findings and circumstantial evidence to charge Lindy with murder and Michael with being an accessory.

    In the lead-up to the trial, public sympathy for Lindy is overtaken by rumour and malicious gossip.

    Many Australians are convinced Azaria’s death and the Chamberlain’s apparent lack of remorse are related to the couple’s Seventh-day Adventist beliefs.

    Amid a media frenzy, chief prosecutor Ian Barker QC (Bruce Myles) convinces the jury of Lindy’s guilt and she is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.

    On 15 September 1988, following the chance discovery of critical new evidence, Lindy’s conviction is quashed and the case declared a miscarriage of justice.

    A well written, directed and performed drama based on the most sensational true case in Australian legal history. Released in some markets as A Cry In The Dark .

    Lindy Chamberlain
    Meryl Streep
    Michael Chamberlain
    Sam Neill
    Aidan, aged 6
    Dale Reeves
    Aidan, aged 8
    David Hoflin
    Aidan, aged 11
    Jason Reason
    Reagan, aged 4
    Michael Wetter
    Reagan, aged 6
    Kane Barton
    Reagan, aged 9
    Trent Roberts
    Azaria
    Lauren Shepherd (1)
    Bethany Ann Prickett (2)
    Alison O’Connell (3)
    Aliza Dason (4)
    Cliff Murchison
    Brian Jones
    Avis Murchison
    Dorothy Alison
    Barritt
    Maurie Fields
    Macknay 
    Peter Hosking
    O’Loughlin
    Matthew Barker
    Peter Dean
    Bruce Kilpatrick
    Justice Muirhead
    Charles Tingwell
    Barker
    Bruce Myles
    Phillips
    Neil Fitzpatrick
    Sturgess
    Dennis Miller
    Tipple
    Lewis Fitzgerald
    Kirkham
    Brendan Higgins
    Cavanagh
    Ian Swan
    Pauling
    Robert Wallace
    Joy Kuhl
    Sandy Gore
    Professor Cameron
    Kevin Miles
    Dr. Brown
    Edgar Metcalfe
    Professor Chaikin
    Gary Files
    Sims
    Peter Aanensen
    Professor Boettcher
    Jon Finlayson
    Professor Nairn
    David Ravenswood
    Les Harris
    Roderick Williams

    Director
    Fred Schepisi

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