This Sporting Life
He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
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. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Richard Harris
Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts
Margaret Hammond
Alan Badel
Weaver
William Hartnell
Johnson
Colin Blakely
Maurice Braithwaite
Vanda Godsell
Anne Weaver
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Anne Cunningham
Judith
Jack Watson
Len Miller
Arthur Lowe
Slomer
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Harry Markham
Wade
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Roberto Gerhard
Composer
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Denys N. Coop
Cinematographer
