This Sporting Life

7.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 134 min
  • Premiere: 1963. February 7.

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.

Discover

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

Jack Watson

Len Miller

Arthur Lowe

Charles Slomer

Leonard Rossiter

Phillips, Sports Writer

Katherine Parr

Mrs Farrer

Bernadette Benson

Lynda Hammond

Andrew Nolan

Ian Hammond

Anthony Woodruff

Tom, Head Waiter

Tom Clegg

Gower

Ken Traill

Trainer

John Gill

Cameron

Edward Fox

Restaurant Barman (uncredited)

Glenda Jackson

Singer at Party (uncredited)

Roy Lansford

Man in Pub (Uncredited)

Bryan Mosley

Man in Bar (uncredited)

Anton Rodgers

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Art

Alan Withy

Art Direction

Eric Saw

Draughtsman

Camera

Denys N. Coop

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bob Lawrance

Makeup Artist

Directing

Ted Sturgis

Assistant Director

Editing

Harry Ledger

Assistant Editor

Production

Karel Reisz

Producer

Sound

Roberto Gerhard

Original Music Composer

Chris Greenham

Sound Editor

Writing

David Storey

Screenplay

Art

Alan Withy

Art Direction

Eric Saw

Draughtsman

Camera

Denys N. Coop

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Bob Lawrance

Makeup Artist

Directing

Ted Sturgis

Assistant Director

Editing

Harry Ledger

Assistant Editor

Production

Karel Reisz

Producer

Sound

Roberto Gerhard

Original Music Composer

Chris Greenham

Sound Editor

Writing

David Storey

Screenplay