This Sporting Life
He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
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.
Director Lindsay Anderson
Trailer
Cast
Arthur Lowe
Charles Slomer
Glenda Jackson
Singer at Party (uncredited)
Anton Rodgers
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
George Sewell
Jeff
Bryan Mosley
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Margaret Hammond
Vanda Godsell
Mrs Anne Weaver
Frank Windsor
Dentist
Tom Clegg
Gower
William Hartnell
'Dad' Johnson
Leonard Rossiter
Phillips, Sports Writer
Richard Harris
Frank Machin
Alan Badel
Gerald Weaver
Edward Fox
Restaurant Barman (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Man in Pub (Uncredited)
Colin Blakely
Maurice Braithwaite
Jack Watson
Len Miller