The Dawn Fraser Story
| The Dawn Fraser Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Joy Cavill Lee Robinson |
| Written by | Joy Cavill |
| Starring | Dawn Fraser |
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Production
company |
Waratah Film Productions
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| Distributed by | TCN 9 |
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Release date
|
14 December 1964 |
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Running time
|
54 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Dawn Fraser Story is a 1964 documentary film about Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser. It was made by Joy Cavill, who later made a feature film about Fraser, Dawn! (1979), and had a romantic relationship with her. It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.
Filming began in August 1964.
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.
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