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This Sporting Life
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.
1963 · Directed by Lindsay Anderson · 134 min · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Storey
- Cinematography: Denys N. Coop
- Edited by: Peter Taylor
- Music: Roberto Gerhard
- Produced by: Karel Reisz
Cast
- Richard Harris as Frank Machin
- Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- Alan Badel as Gerald Weaver
- William Hartnell as 'Dad' Johnson
- Colin Blakely as Maurice Braithwaite
- Vanda Godsell as Mrs Anne Weaver
- Anne Cunningham as Judith
- Jack Watson as Len Miller
- Arthur Lowe as Charles Slomer
- Harry Markham as Wade
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Independent Artists
- Budget: $286,281
- Themes: northern england, based on novel or book, sports, widow, rugby, yorkshire, black and white, bitterness, kitchen sink realism, coal miner
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