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This Sporting Life

1963

NR (Not Rated)

715515027526

7.5

7,640

Drama | Romance | Sports

UK | English | Color | 02:14

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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.

Cast View all

	Richard Harris	Frank Machin
	Rachel Roberts	Margaret Hammond
	Alan Badel	Weaver
	William Hartnell	Johnson
	Colin Blakely	Maurice Braithwaite
	Vanda Godsell	Anne Weaver
	Anne Cunningham	Judith
	Jack Watson	Len Miller
	Arthur Lowe	Slomer
	Harry Markham	Wade
	George Sewell	Jeff
	Leonard Rossiter	Phillips
	Katherine Parr	Mrs. Farrer
	Bernadette Benson	Lynda
	Andrew Nolan	Ian
	Peter Duguid	Doctor
	Wallas Eaton	Waiter
	Anthony Woodruff	Head Waiter
	Michael Logan	Riley
	Murray Evans	Hooker
	Tom Clegg	Gower
	Ken Traill	Trainer
	Frank Windsor	Dentist
	John Gill	Cameron
	John Adams	Lovell

Crew View all

Director	Lindsay Anderson
Writer	David Storey
Producer	Leslie Parkyn, Karel Reisz, Julian Wintle
Musician	Roberto Gerhard
Photography	Denys N. Coop

Trailer

Edition details

Edition	Criterion
Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	2
Screen Ratios	Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital Mono [English] Mono [English]
Distributor	Criterion
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Jan 22, 2008
Regions	1