Nearly 20 years ago a young mother was shot during an apparent kidnapping and subsequent police chase. Now after all that time, the man in jail for the murder is about to be paroled. Jack has two missions - to bring the father and his daughter back together and to find out if any justice has been done by the conviction.
Acting
Colin Friels carries weary determination like a second skin.
Direction
Kate Woods lets silences do the heavy lifting.
Director
Kate Woods
Colin Friels
Jack Kempson
Marta Dusseldorp
Sam Lawson
Russell Dykstra
Buchanan
Gigi Edgley
Liz Kempson
David Field
Inspector Terry Kavanagh
Paul Goddard
Charles Hulce
Marcus Graham
Harry Searle
Glenn Hazeldine
McEvoy
Todd Lasance
Stephen Hulce
Sophie Lee
Denise Kennedy
Shaun Micallef
Ian
Rhys Muldoon
Dave Halfpenny
Simon Lyndon
Johnny Vale
Victoria Thaine
Jenny Searle
Steve Vella
Ziersch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the BlackJack telemovie series, Australia's answer to Prime Suspect, anchored by Friels' quietly devastating performance across seven films.
The 'ghosts' title refers to literal and metaphorical hauntings — the dead mother, the imprisoned father, and Jack's own unsolved cases that never let him sleep.
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