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This Sporting Life

1963, Movie, NR, 129 mins

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Frank Machin (Richard Harris) a miner, lodges with a widow, Mrs Hammond (Rachel Roberts). His competitive nature and powerful physique mean that when he reads of the success and respect gained by the local rugby team, he decides to join and share in the glory. As Frank's career progresses, so too his brutal nature distances him from those around him. Success - and perhaps a new sense of insecurity - seems to make Frank harsher and cruder. He spends his money on Mrs Hammond freely but without understanding. The wedding of Frank's friend, Maurice (Colin Blakely) finally precipitates disaster. Watching the young couple, and Frank with them, Mrs Hammond surrenders to bitterness and guilt. She turns on Frank with savage reproaches. He responds instinctively with violence and finally leaves her. Stripped of his pride he almost comes to believe himself to be the performing ape of Mrs Hammond's taunts. When he can stand it no longer, he goes back. But Mrs Hammond has been taken to hospital. Fr watch

Writer-Director and TCM Guest Programmer Neil LaBute joins Robert Osborne to introduce This Sporting Life, 1963, starring Richard Harris.
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Frank Machin (Richard Harris) sets out to prove himself in a rugby match observed by Weaver (Alan Badel) and others in This Sporting Life, 1963.
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Frank Machin (Richard Harris) and teammates frolic in the showers with hoses and beer in This Sporting Life, 1962.
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Year: 1963
Rated NR

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Cast
Richard Harris: Frank Machin
Rachel Roberts: Mrs. Hammond
Alan Badel: Weaver
William Hartnell: Johnson
Colin Blakely: Maurice Braithwaite
Vanda Godsell: Mrs. Weaver

 

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