This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life (1963)

1963-02-07

(GB) •

Drama

He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.

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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

This Sporting Life

Richard Harris

Frank Machin

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Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Margaret Hammond

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Alan Badel

Gerald Weaver

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William Hartnell

'Dad' Johnson

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Colin Blakely

Maurice Braithwaite

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Vanda Godsell

Mrs Anne Weaver

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Anne Cunningham

Judith

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Jack Watson

Len Miller

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Arthur Lowe

Charles Slomer

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Harry Markham

Wade

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George Sewell

Jeff

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Leonard Rossiter

Phillips, Sports Writer

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Katherine Parr

Mrs Farrer

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Bernadette Benson

Lynda Hammond

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Andrew Nolan

Ian Hammond

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Peter Duguid

Doctor

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Wallas Eaton

Waiter

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Anthony Woodruff

Tom, Head Waiter

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Michael Logan

Riley

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Murray Evans

Hooker

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Tom Clegg

Gower

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Ken Traill

Trainer

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Frank Windsor

Dentist

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John Gill

Cameron

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Edward Fox

Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

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Glenda Jackson

Singer at Party (uncredited)

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Roy Lansford

Man in Pub (Uncredited)

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Bryan Mosley

Man in Bar (uncredited)

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Anton Rodgers

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)