Classic film.



Love seeing Derek Turner's scene.

Didn't he also have a world record for swinging some sort of club ?

Indian clubs I think.

I was at that match Trinity V Wigan When the scenes for the filmed were played

I seem to remember being there and loads of cardboard cutout characters were placed around the ground to add to crowd whilst filming.

Anyone else remember that?

Not old enough to remember myself but was told the same by a friends grandma who was given free tickets for the bing to attend!

Some points of interest for the Wakey fan but by god, it's a depressing watch; it really is grim ooop North.

If i remember right,the cut outs were only used for filming on non match day.

The Wigan game was a sell out.

Thats Right MKcat there was no room for cut outs on matchday

I think in pure entertainment terms it's a poor film that hasn't dated well and if it were not for it's subject matter and setting we would have forgotten it like the rest of the world has. It's not a patch on most of the other early sixties northern dramas that so changed film making.



That said I love watching it and am proud of it's association with our clubs golden era.

Think your being a bit harsh there Vasty, I agree that as fans of the club we all probably rate the film better than what it actually is, but it is a decent enough film in its own right. Harris & Roberts both got Oscar nominations for this didn't they? Not saying its the best film ever but pretty good.

Maybe but the story doesn't really grab me - Harris though puts in a very menacing performance as Machin - Roberts frankly over does the misery for me.



Very few sports related films have ever really hit the mark, Raging Bull and the first Rocky probably the best - can't think of any team sports although there was an Aussie Rules one from the late 70's that was ok.



Each to their own.