Rattle Of A Simple Man

A lovely, gentle play has been somewhat vulgarized for the screen by its author, who also plays a small role in the film. Corbett, Dyer, Medwin, Wilde, and Futcher are a cadre of Northern England laborers who've come to London to see their team in a big soccer game. They are louts, drunks, noisemakers, and, in general, representatives of everything bad about the British sports fan. Corbett, at the age of 39, is still a virgin. He is fanatical about sports. Before returning to Manchester, the men get together in a tacky Soho bar to toss a few down. Medwin tries to make time with Cilento, a hostess and sometime hooker. Corbett finds her attractive and bets his pals--...