This sporting life

This sporting life

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Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Granada International Productions Limited, Rank Organisation, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Wintle, Julian, 1913-1980, Parkyn, Leslie, 1918-1983, Reisz, Karel, Anderson, Lindsay, 1923-1994, Ryan, Paul, Harris, Richard, 1930-2002, Roberts, Rachel, 1927-1980, Badel, Alan, Hartnell, William, 1908-1975, Blakely, Colin, Godsell, Vanda, Cunningham, Anne, Watson, Jack, 1915-1999, Loew, Arthur M., 1897-1977, Markham, Harry, Sinyard, Neil, Storey, David, 1933 September 28-
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
Edition:[Special ed.] ; widescreen.
Series:Criterion collection ; 417.
Subjects:
Rugby League football players > England > Yorkshire > Drama.
Working class men > Psychology > Drama.
Widows > Drama.
Coal miners > Drama.
Social classes > Great Britain > Drama.
Ambition > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Motion pictures > England.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc one: The film
  • Disc two: The supplements.

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