
Bodyline
Dramatization of the 1932/33 Test cricket series between England and Australia. Played in Australia, the series gained notoriety in Australian and worldwide cricketing history for the fact that the English team (headed by captain Douglas Jardine) applied a bowling technique called "leg theory", or more commonly, Bodyline. This technique involved bowlers bowling the ball directly at the batsman's body, and resulted in many of the Australian team receiving numerous bruises and injuries, with batsman Bert Oldfield sustaining a cracked skull. The series generated much anger and resentment towards the English team within Australia and seriously damaged Anglo-Australian cricketing relations at the time.
Bodyline
March 19, 1984
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Cast (40)

Max Cullen
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)

Vincent Ball
Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)

Ned Manning
Jack Fingleton

Bruce Myles
William Jeanes

John Walton
Bill Woodfull

Gary Sweet
Donald Bradman

Rhys McConnochie
Pelham Warner

Brian McDermott
Frank Packer

John Clayton
Mr. Bradman

Richard Carter
Bill Voce

Leslie Dayman
Bert Oldfield

John Gregg
Percy George Fender

John Sheerin
Bill Ponsford

Alan David Lee
Eddie Paynter

Hugo Weaving
Douglas Jardine

Peter Whitford
Dr. Allen Robertson

Paul Chubb
Ernest Jones (Barracker)

Heather Mitchell
Edith

Arthur Dignam
Mr. Jardine

Bill Young
Bill Bowes

Peter Gwynne
Aubrey Oxlade

Tim McKenzie
Waiter - Perth Reception

Julie Nihill
Jessie Bradman

Nicholas Gledhill
Douglas Jardine (young)

John Doyle
George 'Gubby' Allen

Ashok Banthia
Nawab of Pataudi

Jim Holt
Harold Larwood

Jane Harders
Mrs. Jardine

Frank Thring
Lord Harris

George Whaley
Lord Hawke

Peter Dahlsen
Les Ames

Bruce Stewart
Sir Ernest Crutchley

Norman May
Commentator

Robert Giltinan
Leo O'Brien

Colleen Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Bradman

Reg Gillam
Sir Clive Wigram

Laurie Moran
Bert Ironmonger

Terry Bader
Bob Wyatt

Michael O'Neill
Viv Richardson

Michael Winchester
Stan McCabe
Crew (24)
Directing

Lex Marinos
Director

George Ogilvie
Director
Writing

Terry Hayes
Writer

Lex Marinos
Writer

Carl Schultz
Writer

Denny Lawrence
Story

Robert Caswell
Writer

George Miller
Writer

Francine Finnane
Writer

George Ogilvie
Writer
Production

Doug Mitchell
Executive Producer

Terry Hayes
Producer

George Miller
Producer

Graham Shirley
Researcher

Antonia Barnard
Production Manager

Francine Finnane
Researcher

Byron Kennedy
Executive Producer
Sound

Chris Neal
Music
Art

Owen Williams
Production Design

Billy Allen
Art Direction
Camera

Dean Semler
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Robyn Richards
Costume Design
Crew
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Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor

David Stiven
Editor