Film - film details

This Sporting Life (1963)

134 mins

type:

genre(s):

DRAMA

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.

name

character

Alan Badel

Gerald Weaver

Bernadette Benson

Lynda Hammond

Colin Blakely

Maurice Braithwaite

Tom Clegg

Gower

Anne Cunningham

Judith

Peter Duguid

Doctor

Wallas Eaton

Waiter

Murray Evans

Hooker

Edward Fox

Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

John Gill

Cameron

Vanda Godsell

Mrs Anne Weaver

Richard Harris

Frank Machin

William Hartnell

'Dad' Johnson

Glenda Jackson

Singer at Party (uncredited)

Roy Lansford

Man in Pub (Uncredited)

Michael Logan

Riley

Arthur Lowe

Charles Slomer

Harry Markham

Wade

Bryan Mosley

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Andrew Nolan

Ian Hammond

Katherine Parr

Mrs Farrer

Rachel Roberts

Mrs. Margaret Hammond

Anton Rodgers

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Leonard Rossiter

Phillips, Sports Writer

George Sewell

Jeff

name
Lindsay Anderson	director
Roberto Gerhard	composer
Karel Reisz	producer
David Storey	writer (original), screenplay

award	category	name	year
BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Rachel Roberts	1963

Advanced search