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This Sporting Life
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This Sporting Life

1963
Directed byLindsay Anderson
2h 14m

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.

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Richard HarrisFrank MachinRachel RobertsMrs. Margaret HammondAlan BadelGerald Weaver
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William Hartnell
'Dad' Johnson
Colin BlakelyMaurice Braithwaite
Vanda GodsellMrs Anne Weaver
Anne CunninghamJudith
Jack WatsonLen Miller
Arthur LoweCharles Slomer
Harry MarkhamWade
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn ProductionsJ. Arthur Rank Organisation
RATING
7.0

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