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.

• Lindsay AndersonDirector
• David StoreyScreenplay
• Roberto GerhardOriginal Music Composer

• Richard HarrisFrank Machin
• Rachel RobertsMrs. Margaret Hammond
• Alan BadelGerald Weaver
• William Hartnell'Dad' Johnson
• Colin BlakelyMaurice Braithwaite
• Vanda GodsellMrs Anne Weaver
• Anne CunninghamJudith
• Jack WatsonLen Miller
• Arthur LoweCharles Slomer
• Harry MarkhamWade
• George SewellJeff
• Leonard RossiterPhillips, Sports Writer