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Richard Harris | Frank Machin | |
Rachel Roberts | Mrs. Margaret Hammond | |
Alan Badel | Gerald Weaver | |
William Hartnell | Johnson | |
Colin Blakely | Maurice Braithwaite | |
Vanda Godsell | Mrs. Anne Weaver | |
Anne Cunningham | Judith | |
Jack Watson | Len Miller | |
Arthur Lowe | Charles Slomer | |
Harry Markham | Wade | |
George Sewell | Jeff | |
Leonard Rossiter | Phillips | |
Katherine Parr | Mrs. Farrer | |
Bernadette Benson | Lynda Hammond | |
Andrew Nolan | Ian Hammond |
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Producer | Karel Reisz
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Writer | David Storey
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One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of "kitchen-sink realism" follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an existence in drab Yorkshire. With an astonishing, raging performance by a young Richard Harris, an equally blistering turn by fellow Oscar nominee Rachel Roberts as the widow with whom he lodges, and electrifying direction by Lindsay Anderson, in his feature-film debut following years of documentary work, This Sporting Life remains a dramatic powerhouse. |
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