This Sporting Life

Name: This Sporting Life
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Released: 1963
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely

1963 · 134 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 7,365 VOTES · DIR. Lindsay Anderson

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,503 lines

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00:02:48 Come on, lads

00:07:56 That's not the point. He'll need a plate.

00:12:17 by another winning team we are proud of.

00:19:31 Trainer, trainer.

00:23:40 You think there's something?

00:28:06 See you, Dad.

00:34:38 I'm far from convinced he's the kind of player we want.

00:38:45 She got no compensation. The case went against her.

00:42:16 One thousand

00:47:32 Don't mind your mother.

00:55:44 Machin!

01:00:48 Walking back to happiness.

01:05:41 Matter of fact, we did.

01:14:25 Here, I brought your mail down.

01:18:30 Oh, Frank.

01:24:01 Whiskey will do.

01:28:15 Like a tiger.

01:34:35 And

01:38:41 Wait a minute.

01:42:25 Mrs. Weaver.

01:48:32 I know you.

01:52:54 They want a hero and I'm a hero.

01:57:50 I find it puts them off.

02:12:53 Come on, Machin, get a bloody move on.

Cast & Characters

Richard Harris Frank Machin Rachel Roberts Mrs. Hammond Alan Badel Weaver William Hartnell Johnson Colin Blakely Maurice Braithwaite Vanda Godsell Mrs. Weaver Anne Cunningham Judith Jack Watson Len Miller Arthur Lowe Slomer Harry Markham Wade

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,503

Dialogue density11.2 lines / min

First line00:02:48

Final line02:12:53

Production Record

DirectorLindsay Anderson

LanguageEnglish

Budget$286,281

IMDb votes7,365