This Sporting Life
1963-02-07In 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.

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.

Frank Machin
Richard Harris

Mrs. Margaret Hammond
Rachel Roberts

Gerald Weaver
Alan Badel

'Dad' Johnson
William Hartnell

Maurice Braithwaite
Colin Blakely

Mrs Anne Weaver
Vanda Godsell
Judith
Anne Cunningham

Len Miller
Jack Watson

Charles Slomer
Arthur Lowe
Wade
Harry Markham

Jeff
George Sewell

Phillips, Sports Writer
Leonard Rossiter
Mrs Farrer
Katherine Parr
Lynda Hammond
Bernadette Benson
Ian Hammond
Andrew Nolan
Doctor
Peter Duguid
Waiter
Wallas Eaton
Tom, Head Waiter
Anthony Woodruff
Riley
Michael Logan
Hooker
Murray Evans

Gower
Tom Clegg
Trainer
Ken Traill

Dentist
Frank Windsor
Cameron
John Gill

Restaurant Barman (uncredited)
Edward Fox

Singer at Party (uncredited)
Glenda Jackson

Man in Pub (Uncredited)
Roy Lansford

Man in Bar (uncredited)
Bryan Mosley

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Anton Rodgers