Bodyline backdrop
Bodyline poster
Trailer
Bodyline
7.7
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50m
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1984
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Ended
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.

Cast
Hugo Weaving poster
Hugo Weaving
Douglas Jardine
Gary Sweet poster
Gary Sweet
Donald Bradman
Jim Holt poster
Jim Holt
Harold Larwood
Rhys McConnochie poster
Rhys McConnochie
Pelham Warner
John Gregg poster
John Gregg
Percy George Fender
Heather Mitchell poster
Heather Mitchell
Edith
Frank Thring poster
Frank Thring
Lord Harris
Max Cullen poster
Max Cullen
Clive 'Chooka' Cooper (Reporter)
John Walton poster
John Walton
Bill Woodfull
Ashok Banthia poster
Ashok Banthia
Nawab of Pataudi
Alan David Lee poster
Alan David Lee
Eddie Paynter
John Doyle poster
John Doyle
George 'Gubby' Allen
Bill Young poster
Bill Young
Bill Bowes
Terry Bader poster
Terry Bader
Bob Wyatt
Richard Carter poster
Richard Carter
Bill Voce
Arthur Dignam poster
Arthur Dignam
Mr. Jardine
Jane Harders poster
Jane Harders
Mrs. Jardine
John Clayton poster
John Clayton
Mr. Bradman
Colleen Fitzpatrick poster
Colleen Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Bradman
Julie Nihill poster
Julie Nihill
Jessie Bradman

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