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This Sporting Life

Name: This Sporting Life
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-02-07
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely

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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Cast

Richard HarrisRachel RobertsAlan BadelWilliam HartnellColin BlakelyVanda GodsellAnne CunninghamJack WatsonArthur LoweHarry MarkhamGeorge SewellLeonard Rossiter

Director

Lindsay Anderson

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