07 Feb 1963
This Sporting Life
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.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Švec Maťo
Vlado Černý Maťo (voice)
Milan Forman Zolo
Milada Rajzíková Zolka
Zuzana Frenglová Zuzka
Jiří Krampol Klajman
Karel Hlušička Ján Hrabina 
Petr Drozda 
Zdeněk Srstka Karel Engel Jaroslav Tomsa 
Josef Langmiler 
Karel Houska 
Jan Přeučil 
Andrej Hryc Oľga Šalagová 
Hana Čížková Vladimír Kostovič František Kabrheľ
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