Director Lindsay Anderson pulls no punches in this classic screen adaptation of the hard hitting David Storey novel about violence and its effect on the quality of life. Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts are outstanding as Machin the professional rugby player who carries the violence of the football field into every area of his life and Mrs Hammond the frigid and withdrawn woman with whom he lodges and conducts a joyless affair. As well as examining their relationship in minute and painful detail the film contains some of the most brutal and realistic footage of all-out... sporting conflict ever filmed. [show more]
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Yorkshire miner turned rugby player Frank Machin (Richard Harris) has a number of women chasing after him, but only has eyes for his widowed landlady, Mrs Hammond (Rachel Roberts). However, she remains resolutely unresponsive to his advances. Meanwhile, Frank's rebelliousness at the club is tolerated as long as he is successful on the pitch, but as he comes to appreciate the emptiness of his existence his frustration begins to mount.
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