This Sporting Life
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United Kingdom · 1963
2h 14m
Director Lindsay Anderson
Starring Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell
Genre Drama
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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.
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