This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life (He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.)

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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Top Cast

Richard Harris

As Frank Machin

Rachel Roberts

As Mrs. Margaret Hammond

Alan Badel

As Gerald Weaver

William Hartnell

As 'Dad' Johnson

Colin Blakely

As Maurice Braithwaite

Vanda Godsell

As Mrs Anne Weaver

Anne Cunningham

As Judith

Jack Watson

As Len Miller

Arthur Lowe

As Charles Slomer

Harry Markham

As Wade

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