This Sporting Life (1963)

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Directed by

Lindsay Anderson

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Richard Harris
Frank Machin

Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Hammond

Alan Badel
Weaver

William Hartnell
Johnson

Colin Blakely
Maurice Braithwaite

Vanda Godsell
Mrs. Weaver

Anne Cunningham
Judith

Jack Watson
Len Miller

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Frank Machin, a tough miner, becomes a rugby league star. He tries to have a relationship with his widowed landlady but she regards him with a mixture of fear and disgust.

Release date: 22 February 1963
UPC: 014381453829

Tags: Sport (7), Drama (6), Rugby (6), Poverty (4), 1963 (4), British (4), Friendship (3), Drinking (3), B&w (2), Love (2), 1960s (2), England (2), Death (2), Irish (2), Rugby League (2), Family Relationships (1), Drink (1), Rolls-Royce (1), Kitchen Sink (1)

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