Yorkshire miner turned rugby player Frank Machin (Richard Harris) has a number of women chasing after him, but only has eyes for his widowed landlady, Mrs Hammond (Rachel Roberts). However, she remains resolutely unresponsive to his advances. Meanwhile, Frank`s rebelliousness at the club is tolerated as long as he is successful on the pitch, but as he comes to appreciate the emptiness of his exist...ence his frustration begins to mount.

Der gefeierte Rugbyspieler Frank Machin erleidet am Weihnachtstag bei einem Spiel einen Kieferbruch. Er wird ins Krankenhaus gebracht, wo er sich auf dem Operationstisch daran erinnert, wie er vom Bergarbeiter zum bejubelten Sportler wurde: Zu Beginn lebt er bei der Witwe Hammond. Zwei konkurrierende Teammanager, Gerald Weaver und Charles Slomer, bieten ihm Verträge für ihre Clubs. Frank profitiert von dieser Situation und holt für sich das Beste heraus...

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Director	Lindsay Anderson
Actor	Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
Label	Network

Genre	Drama Romanticism
Content	2 DVDs
Age rating	from age 15
Publication date	31.03.2008
Edition	Special Edition
Audio	English
Length	128 Minutes
Year of production	1963
Original title	This Sporting Life
Version	UK Version
Region code	2

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