This Sporting Life
He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
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 and Cast
Lindsay AndersonDirector
Richard HarrisFrank Machin
Rachel RobertsMrs. Margaret Hammond
Alan BadelGerald Weaver
William Hartnell'Dad' Johnson
Colin BlakelyMaurice Braithwaite
Vanda GodsellMrs Anne WeaverAnne CunninghamJudith
Jack WatsonLen Miller
Arthur LoweCharles SlomerHarry MarkhamWade
George SewellJeff
Leonard RossiterPhillips · Sports WriterKatherine ParrMrs Farrer
Bernadette BensonLynda Hammond
Andrew NolanIan Hammond
Peter DuguidDoctor
Wallas EatonWaiter
Anthony WoodruffTom · Head Waiter
Michael LoganRiley
Murray EvansHooker
Tom CleggGowerKen TraillTrainer
Frank WindsorDentistJohn GillCameron
Edward FoxRestaurant Barman
Glenda JacksonSinger at Party
Roy LansfordMan in Pub
Bryan MosleyMan in Bar
Anton RodgersRestaurant Customer
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 7 February 1963
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 (127 votes)
Production
- Director
- Lindsay Anderson
- Writers
- David Storey
- Studios
- Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Independent Artists
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Box Office
- Budget
- $286,281.0
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English