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This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

Lindsay Anderson

1963

  • Drama
7.0

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.

Cast & crew

  • Lindsay AndersonDirector
  • Richard HarrisFrank Machin
  • Rachel RobertsMrs. Margaret Hammond
  • Alan BadelGerald Weaver
  • William Hartnell'Dad' Johnson
  • Colin BlakelyMaurice Braithwaite
  • Vanda GodsellMrs Anne Weaver
  • Anne CunninghamJudith
  • Jack WatsonLen Miller

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