Tonight's film in this season of British films by some of the distinguished directors and writers who brought a new style to the cinema in the 60s.
Starring Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts
with Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely

The progress of Rugby League player Frank Machin is a chronicle of jubilation and despair. His success on the field is not matched in his private life with his unsuccessful attempts to win the trust and affection of an introverted widow.
Writer David Storey, director Lindsay Anderson, producer Karel Reisz, and actors Rachel Roberts and Richard Harris are in perfect harmony in this brilliant tale of an impossible love affair set in a northern industrial town.
There are some remarkable supporting performances from Alan Badel and Vanda Godsell as the industrialist and his wife who sponsor Machin, William Hartnell as a hanger-on and Colin Blakely as Machin's friend

(Rachel Roberts interview and This Week's Films: page 11)