This Sporting Life

Name: This Sporting Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 6.976

1963 · 134 min

Drama

★ 7.0

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Lindsay Anderson
Screenplay David Storey
Director of Photography Denys N. Coop

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
George Sewell
Jeff
Leonard Rossiter
Phillips, Sports Writer

Crew

Director — Lindsay Anderson
Screenplay — David Storey
Director of Photography — Denys N. Coop

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