Bodyline
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First Air DateMar 19, 1984
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ProductionKennedy Miller Productions
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Rotten tomato77%
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Original titleBodyline
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ReleaseMar 19, 1984
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Overview
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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Casts
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Douglas Jardine
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Donald Bradman
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Harold Larwood
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Pelham Warner
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Percy George Fender
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Edith
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Lord Harris
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Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
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Bill Woodfull
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Nawab of Pataudi
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Eddie Paynter
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George 'Gubby' Allen
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Bill Bowes
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Bob Wyatt
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Bill Voce
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Mr. Jardine
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Mrs. Jardine
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Mr. Bradman
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Mrs. Bradman
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Jessie Bradman
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Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister)
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Les Ames
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Douglas Jardine (young)
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Aubrey Oxlade
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Dr. Allen Robertson
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William Jeanes
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Lord Hawke
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Ernest Jones (Barracker)
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Bill Ponsford
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Stan McCabe
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Jack Fingleton
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Viv Richardson
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Leo O'Brien
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Bert Ironmonger
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Bert Oldfield
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Sir Clive Wigram
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Commentator
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Frank Packer
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Sir Ernest Crutchley
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Waiter - Perth Reception