Movie download gone bad, now I'm stuck with 4,4 Gb of "other" Stuff - what to do?

So, I rented a movie from iTunes on my iPad 3. After watching the movie, I deleted the file and thought that everything was fine, however the download was still active in iTunes. As apple don't want you to remove active downloads from iTunes I couldn't do anything about it and didn't think further of it. But then today the download was gone but suddenly, I got an error message stating that the download of the same movie (which I haven't re-rented) could not be completed because of insufficient memory on my iPad.
I found that I only had 1,2 Gb left even though I should have 5,7 Gb. The movie wasn't really deleted, it just deleted the entry and now it is taking up space as "Other" in memory and I can't get rid of the data. I experienced the exact same problem about a month ago with another movie and had to do a factory reset in order to restore the memory. This takes oceans of time and I can't do it right now. Furthermore it simply can't be true that I have to do a factory reset each time i Rent a movie! If that is the case, it is definitely the last time I will have rented a movie through iTuneson any device - it simply isn't worth the hazzle!
Anyway, to the question: Does anyone know of a way to remove corrupted "Other" data short of wiping the device?

You can try the basic troubleshooting steps. But if they don't work, you know what you have to resort to already.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
Go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Video> look for the movie in there. If it is in there form whatever reason - delete it. Swipe across It in the list or use the edit button.
Sometimes just a simple sync can help, but you make it sound like you are not near your computer, so I don't know if that is an option for you right now.

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