Drama
This Sporting Life
"He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say."
7.0/ 10
February 7, 1963
2h 14m
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TCMOverview
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast
Richard Harris
Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Margaret Hammond
Alan Badel
Gerald Weaver
William Hartnell
'Dad' Johnson
Colin Blakely
Maurice Braithwaite
Vanda Godsell
Mrs Anne Weaver
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Anne Cunningham
Judith
Jack Watson
Len Miller
Arthur Lowe
Charles Slomer
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Harry Markham
Wade
