This Sporting Life(1963)
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.
Movie: This Sporting Life
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Frank Machin
Mrs. Margaret Hammond
Gerald Weaver
'Dad' Johnson
Maurice Braithwaite
Mrs Anne Weaver
Len Miller
Charles Slomer
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