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This Sporting Life

Name: This Sporting Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-02-07
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 7

Drama

7/10(107 ratings)

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.

02-07-1963

2h 14m

Main Cast

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

Judith

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: Lindsay Anderson

Production:: Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Budget:: $286,281

Key Crew

Director:: Lindsay Anderson

Editor:: Peter Taylor

Producer:: Karel Reisz

Locations and Languages

Country:: GB

Filming:: GB

Languages:: en