This Sporting Life
1963, Film, 134 min, Drama, Sport, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 70
He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Cast
- Richard Harris as Frank Machin
- Rachel Roberts as Margaret Hammond
- Alan Badel as Weaver
- William Hartnell as Johnson
- Colin Blakely as Maurice Braithwaite
- Vanda Godsell as Anne Weaver
- Anne Cunningham as Judith
- Jack Watson as Len Miller
- Arthur Lowe as Slomer
- Harry Markham as Wade
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