In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in a rugby league. Machin lodges with widow Mrs Hammond, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057578/
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Well, like I said - a good watch. Great to look at and Harris did a fine job in his character portrait, but like most of Lindsey Anderson's stuff - perhaps too cerebral, or just vague with pretensions. I understand that Machin is self-destructive, but I don't understand his attraction to Hammond . . . maybe their motivations don't matter and are beside the point.
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