

“He only believed in strength - love was a word he hadn't the power to say.”
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Director
Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$286,281

Maurice Braithwaite
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.