

This Sporting Life
1963 · Movie · 2h 14m
Drama
"He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Key crew
- Lindsay AndersonDirector
- David StoreyScreenplay
- Roberto GerhardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
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Themes
northern englandbased on novel or booksportswidowrugbyyorkshireblack and whitebitternesskitchen sink realismcoal minerlandlady tenant relationship























