The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
| The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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)
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