This Sporting Life

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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  Richard Harris

  Frank Machin
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  Rachel Roberts

  Mrs. Margaret Hammond
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  Alan Badel

  Gerald Weaver
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  William Hartnell

  'Dad' Johnson
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  Colin Blakely

  Maurice Braithwaite
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  Vanda Godsell

  Mrs Anne Weaver
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  Jack Watson

  Len Miller
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  Arthur Lowe

  Charles Slomer
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  George Sewell

  Jeff
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  Leonard Rossiter

  Phillips, Sports Writer