This Sporting Life

On the Waterfront without the longshoremen. An ambitious, brutal man claws his way to the top of a rugby team in northern England. Rachel Roberts earned awards for her performance as his character's landlady and lover.

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Lindsay Anderson directed This Sporting Life in 1963. See Lindsay Anderson's full filmography, where to start with Lindsay Anderson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lindsay Anderson.

This Sporting Life was released in 1963 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 134 minutes.