Just because you give someone an idea for a murder, does that make you
responsible for the crime? Crime writer Arthur Upfield (Robert Menzies) believed he was
looking for the perfect plot.But when his friend, Snowy Rowles (Luke Ford), used the
same idea to murder three men, Upfield is forced to confront his own role in their deaths.
Set in the early years of the Great Depression,this is the true story of two men whose
chance conversation takes their lives down very different paths. Arthur Upfield went
on to become one of Australias most successful crime writers, profiting from the
publicity surrounding the murder trial. Snowy Rowles was found guilty and executed at
the age of 26...