This Sporting Life

• 7.0 Drama
• 1963-02-07
• 134 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) Anne Cunningham (Judith) Jack Watson (Len Miller) Arthur Lowe (Charles Slomer) Harry Markham (Wade)

Director:

Lindsay Anderson

Writer:

David Storey