He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.
In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Richard HarrisFrank Machin
- Rachel RobertsMrs. Margaret Hammond
- Alan BadelGerald Weaver
- William Hartnell'Dad' Johnson
- Colin BlakelyMaurice Braithwaite
- Vanda GodsellMrs Anne Weaver
- Anne CunninghamJudith
- Jack WatsonLen Miller
- Arthur LoweCharles Slomer
- Harry MarkhamWade
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- Lindsay AndersonDirector
- David StoreyScreenplay
- David StoreyNovel
- Denys N. CoopDirector of Photography
- Roberto GerhardOriginal Music Composer
- Peter TaylorEditor
- Karel ReiszProducer
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