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The Dean Case (1982)

The Dean Case poster
Directed by
Kevin Dobson
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This TV movie recreates a real legal case from Australia. It follows the investigation and court proceedings surrounding a man named Dean who was accused of a crime.

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What happens

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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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