Bodyline 40 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Hugo Weaving He was 24 , now 64 years old	as Douglas Jardine
Gary Sweet He was 27 , now 67 years old	as Donald Bradman
Frank Thring He was 58 , 68 years old when he died

Crew

Name	Job title
Carl Schultz Directing He was 44 , now 85 years old	Director
George Ogilvie Directing He was 53 , now 93 years old	Director
Lex Marinos Directing He was 35 , now 75 years old	Director
Denny Lawrence Directing He was 33 , now 73 years old	Director