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26 June 1968 (Australia) moreGenre:
DramaPlot:
Set in the inner-city, working class suburbs of Sydney, this drama focuses on a promising Lionel Rose-type Aboriginal boxer and his manager, a former light-weight champion. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Drama, soap opera more (1 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Mark McManus | ... | Wayne Small |
| Carmen Duncan | ||
| Vincent Gil | ... | Tolly McCall |
| Jannice Dinnen | (as Janice Dinnen) | |
| Gordon Glenwright | ||
| John Armstrong | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Les Foxcroft | ||
| Lucky Grills | ||
| David Hannay | ... | Television reporter |
| Alexandra Hines | ||
| William Hodge | ||
| Frances Howard | ||
| Bill Hunter | ||
| Ellison Jones | ||
| Kevin Leslie | ||
| Richard May | ||
| Patrick McCarville | ||
| Richard Meikle | ||
| Christopher Miller | ||
| Owen Morse | ||
| Damien Parker | ||
| Lois Ramsey | ||
| Graham Rouse | ||
| Al Thomas | ||
| John Unicomb | ||
| David Williams | ||
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Australia:83 min (pilot episode)Country:
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Black and WhiteFilming Locations:
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaFAQ
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The "Battlers" was essentially a prime time soapie. The show was hastily put together to cash in on Australia's sudden love affair with boxing. A sport that Australians had not done really all that well in internationally, suddenly found it had a popular aboriginal world champion, Lionel Rose. Briefly, the show was about an ex world champion, "Tolly McCall " who was training a young aboriginal fighter and grooming him for fame. It concentrated heavily on his marital problems, his wife being played by Carmen Duncan , Australia's first television sex symbol. The fight scenes were lousy and the sets cheap, but the acting was good. When the real world champ Lionel Rose lost his world title, interest in boxing declined and so did interest in this show. It disappeared quickly from the screen with little fanfare.