This Sporting Life
Released
February 7, 1963
Runtime: 2h 14m
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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Cast & Crew
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
- AC
Anne Cunningham
Judith
Jack Watson
Len Miller
Arthur Lowe
Charles Slomer
- HM
Harry Markham
Wade
George Sewell
Jeff
Leonard Rossiter
Phillips, Sports Writer
- KP
Katherine Parr
Mrs Farrer
- BB
Bernadette Benson
Lynda Hammond
- AN
Andrew Nolan
Ian Hammond
- PD
Peter Duguid
Doctor
- WE
Wallas Eaton
Waiter
- AW
Anthony Woodruff
Tom, Head Waiter
Lindsay Anderson
Director
David Storey
Screenplay
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