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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.

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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)
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

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

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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Editing

Lighting

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