Overview
In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Cast
- Richard Harris as Frank Machin
- Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- Alan Badel as Gerald Weaver
- William Hartnell as 'Dad' Johnson
- Colin Blakely as Maurice Braithwaite
- Vanda Godsell as Mrs Anne Weaver
- Anne Cunningham as Judith
- Jack Watson as Len Miller
- Arthur Lowe as Charles Slomer
- Harry Markham as Wade