The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | |
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Genre | Sports Drama |
Written by | Neville Smith |
Directed by | Tom Clegg |
Starring | Dennis Waterman Andrew Keir Marjorie Bland Nigel Hawthorne Tim Healy |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Laurie Greenwood |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | Tyne Tees Television |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Original release | 14 June 1982 |
External links | |
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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale is a 1982 British television sports film directed by Tom Clegg and starring Dennis Waterman, Andrew Keir, Marjorie Bland and Nigel Hawthorne. The film depicts the story of West Auckland F.C. a team of part-time players who represented England in the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, sometimes described as the "First World Cup", in 1909 and 1911.[1]
Cast
- Andrew Keir as Sir Thomas Lipton
- Richard Griffiths as Sidney Barron
- Dennis Waterman as Bob Jones
- Nigel Hawthorne as John Westwood
- Marjorie Bland as Edie Jones
- Dai Bradley as Ticer Thomas
- Tim Healy as Charlie Hogg
- Ken Hutchison as Jimmy Dickenson
- Rod Culbertson as Rob Gill
- Struan Rodger as Jack Greenwell
- Lloyd McGuire as Tom Gill
- Jimmy Yuill (uncredited)
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The World Cup: A Captain's Tale at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1982 television films
- English-language films
- British films
- British sports films
- British television films
- Association football films
- Sports films based on actual events
- Television series by ITV Studios
- 1908–09 in European football
- 1910–11 in European football
- 1908–09 in Italian football
- 1908–09 in English football
- 1910–11 in Italian football
- 1910–11 in English football
- British television film stubs
- Sports film stubs