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Anderson’s first feature-length motion picture, This Sporting Life (1963), adapted by the English writer David Storey from his novel, is about a brutish miner who succeeds as a professional rugby player but who fails in love. The film is a classic of the British social realist cinema of the 1960s. Anderson directed productions at the Royal ...
This Sporting Life. Directed by Lindsay Anderson • 1963 • United Kingdom. Starring Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel. One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of kitchen-sink realism follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an existence in drab Yorkshire ...
Jan 22, 2008 · With an astonishing, raging performance by a young Richard Harris, an equally blistering turn by fellow Oscar nominee Rachel Roberts as the widow with whom he lodges, and electrifying direction by Lindsay Anderson, in his feature-film debut following years of documentary work, This Sporting Life remains a dramatic powerhouse.SPECIAL EDITION ...
Results and video replays from meetings including Royal Ascot, Hamilton, Worcester, Nottingham, Ripon, Bordeaux Le Bouscat, Chartres, Toulouse, Assiniboia Downs ...
This Sporting Life (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sep 26, 2014 · This Sporting Life is directed by Lindsay Anderson and written by David Storey. It stars Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell and Anne Cunningham. Music is by Roberto Gerhard and cinematography by Denys Coop.
This Sporting Life (1963) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
