Film

This Sporting Life

Name: This Sporting Life
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Released: 1963
Rating: 7
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely

1963 · 134 min · ★ 7 · Dir. Lindsay Anderson

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.