This Sporting Life is still a treat
By
Derek Malcolm
5 Jun 2009
Lindsay Anderson shot David Storey’s novel of the same name up North in eloquent black and white.
It still looks a treat and Richard Harris’s passionate performance as Yorkshire miner Frank Machin, who becomes a combative Rugby League player but loses his emotional cool off the field, deserved all the praise thrown at it at the time.
So did Rachel Roberts, as the widow who resists his advances.
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