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

Patrick Duggin as Policeman #1

Andrew Martin as Policeman #2

Frank Gallacher as Justice Reed

Vincent Ball as Chief Justice Napier

Peter Whitford as Justice Windeyer

Heather Mitchell as Roma Chamberlain

Chris Haywood as Det-Sgt Karskens

Paul Sonkkila as Bishop

Petru Gheorghiu as Dr. Strehlow

Penne Hackforth-Jones as Mrs. Aston

Marshall Napier as Prison Warder

Josephine Byrnes as Barmaid

Andy Anderson as Norman Geiseman

Tim Robertson as Mr. King

Peter Carroll as Viscount Simonds

Tony Mack as Mr. Aston

Lisa Flanagan as Girl at Cinema

Donald MacDonald as Lord Tucker

Nick Readman as Alan Moir

Edmund Pegge as Dawson

Scott Harrison as Ed Montale

Don Barker as Ceduna Magistrate

Edwin Hodgeman as Govt. Prosecutor

Briah Victory as Mary Hattam

Bernard Hull as Policeman #3

Dylan Lloyd as Policeman #4

Phillip Lowe as Playford's Assistant

Roger Newcombe as Clerk of Arraigns

Colleen Cross as Air Hostess

Wojciech Pisarek as Yugoslav Drunk

Paul Simpson as Paul Spry

John Leigh Gray as Jury Foreman

Chris Duncan as Clerk of Courts

David Buchanan as Juror (uncredited)

Chris Koch as Court Attendance (uncredited)

Susan Lyons as Dr. Thompson (uncredited)