This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life
1963Drama134 mins

Plot

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.

  • Lindsay Anderson

    Director

  • David Storey

    Screenplay

  • David Storey

    Novel

  • Denys N. Coop

    Director of Photography

  • Peter Taylor

    Editor

  • 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

  • George Sewell

    Jeff

  • Leonard Rossiter

    Phillips, Sports Writer

  • Katherine Parr

    Mrs Farrer

  • Bernadette Benson

    Lynda Hammond

  • Andrew Nolan

    Ian Hammond

  • Peter Duguid

    Doctor

  • Wallas Eaton

    Waiter

  • Anthony Woodruff

    Tom, Head Waiter

  • Michael Logan

    Riley

  • Murray Evans

    Hooker

  • Tom Clegg

    Gower

  • Ken Traill

    Trainer

  • Frank Windsor

    Dentist

  • John Gill

    Cameron

  • Edward Fox

    Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

  • Glenda Jackson

    Singer at Party (uncredited)

  • Roy Lansford

    Man in Pub (Uncredited)

  • Bryan Mosley

    Man in Bar (uncredited)

  • Anton Rodgers

    Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    134 minutes

    Released

    1963-02-07

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions

    Sound

  • Roberto Gerhard

    Music

  • Updated

    422 days ago

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