This Sporting Life
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.
- Zhanri: Drama
- Studio: Julian Wintle/Leslie Parkyn Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Fjalen: northern england, based on novel or book, sports, widow, rugby, yorkshire, bitterness, kitchen sink realism, coal miner, landlady tenant relationship
- Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell
