This Sporting Life

He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.

Duration: 134 min

Release date: 1963-02-07

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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.

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as Frank Machin

as Mrs. Margaret Hammond

as Gerald Weaver

William Hartnell

William Hartnell

as 'Dad' Johnson

as Maurice Braithwaite

as Mrs Anne Weaver

Anne Cunningham

Anne Cunningham

as Charles Slomer

Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter

as Phillips, Sports Writer

Bernadette Benson

Bernadette Benson

as Lynda Hammond

Anthony Woodruff

Anthony Woodruff

as Tom, Head Waiter

as Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

as Singer at Party (uncredited)

as Man in Pub (Uncredited)

as Man in Bar (uncredited)

as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

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Lindsay Anderson

Lindsay Anderson

Roberto Gerhard

Roberto Gerhard

Original Music Composer

Assistant Editor

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

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