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.

Richard Harris
as Frank Machin

Rachel Roberts
as Mrs. Margaret Hammond

Alan Badel
as Gerald Weaver

William Hartnell
as 'Dad' Johnson

Colin Blakely
as Maurice Braithwaite

Vanda Godsell
as Mrs Anne Weaver

Anne Cunningham
as Judith

Jack Watson
as Len Miller

Arthur Lowe
as Charles Slomer

Harry Markham
as Wade
John Chard
It's about time you took that rock of weight off your shoulders. This Sporting Life is directed by Lindsay Anderson and written by David Storey. It stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell and Anne Cunningham. Music is by Roberto Gerhard and...
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Richard Harris is on great form here as the aspiring rugby league player "Frank" in a northern English town who is about to hit the big time. An enormous payment of £1,000 is offered and that's going to change not just his life, but possibly that of his landlady "Mrs. Hammond" (Rachel Roberts). She'...