This Sporting Life (1963)

Frank Machin: [to scantily clad nightclub singer] Eh love, show us your personality!

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Frank Machin: We don't have stars in this game, Mrs Weaver, that's soccer.
Mrs. Anne Weaver: What *do* you have?
Frank Machin: People like me.

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Richard Harris was a serious rugby player in real life, but of the union variety. He came from Limerick, sometimes called "the rugby capital of Ireland" and played for Garryowen FC, as well as various junior sides. He remained a fan of the Munster team his entire life, and used to go and watch matches with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. Unlike rugby league, up until the 1990s, the union code was strictly amateur, so Harris would not have been paid as Machin is.
It was William Hartnell's appearance in this film that brought him to the attention of Verity Lambert, producer of Doctor Who.
Feature film debut of Edward Fox.
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