Beyond Reasonable Doubt is a 1980 New Zealand docu-drama feature film directed by John Laing and starring David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Roy Billing, and Terence Cooper.

Arthur Allan Thomas is falsely convicted for the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe and is later pardoned after 9 years in prison.

[2] The film received mixed reviews which has largely been attributed to its avoidance of genre clichés.

[full citation needed] In New Zealand the film was well received with Punch stating that it "inspires respect" and suggesting that the film "stirs [hope] that New Zealand may be about to join the cinema producing countries".

Due to the high-profile nature of the case in New Zealand the film was described as a "story that a lot of people in the country wanted to forget about".