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This Sporting Life

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

7.0 1963 2h 14m Released

Drama

In early 1960s Northern England, 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 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

A

Anne Cunningham

Judith

Jack Watson

Len Miller

Arthur Lowe

Charles Slomer

H

Harry Markham

Wade

George Sewell

Jeff

Leonard Rossiter

Phillips, Sports Writer

K

Katherine Parr

Mrs Farrer

B

Bernadette Benson

Lynda Hammond

A

Andrew Nolan

Ian Hammond

P

Peter Duguid

Doctor

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