This Sporting Life

This screening is followed by a Q&A with novelist and screenwriter David Storey

Lindsay Anderson's directorial debut has come to define kitchen-sink realism. Richard Harris gives an Oscar-nominated turn as Frank Machin, a miner whose rage and determination help him become a rugby league star and also help damage his relationships, notably with Rachel Roberts.

Released by Park Circus

This Sporting Life, dir. Lindsay Anderson, UK 1963, 134 mins, Cert 12A