The Dawn Fraser Story
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Directed byJoy Cavill
Lee Robinson
Lee Robinson
Written byJoy Cavill
StarringDawn Fraser
Production
company
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Waratah Film Productions
| The Dawn Fraser Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joy Cavill Lee Robinson |
| Written by | Joy Cavill |
| Starring | Dawn Fraser |
Production company | Waratah Film Productions |
| Distributed by | TCN 9 |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Dawn Fraser Story is a 1964 documentary film about the 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.[2] It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.[3] It was made by the short lived Waratah Film Productions.[4][5]
Filming began in August 1964.[6]
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.[7]
