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The World Cup: A Captains Tale

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Genre
  
Sports Drama

First episode date
  
June 14, 1982

Language
  
English

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

7.8/10
IMDb

Director
  
Tom Clegg

Network
  
ITV

Written by
  
Neville Smith

Writer
  
Neville Smith

Language
  
English

The World Cup: A Captains Tale movie poster

Release date
  
14 June 1982 (1982-06-14)

Cast
  
Andrew Keir
(Sir Thomas Lipton),
Marjorie Bland
(Edie Jones),
David Bradley
(Ticer Thomas),
Nigel Hawthorne
(John Westwood),
Dennis Waterman
(Bob Jones),
Richard Griffiths
(Sidney Barron)

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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.

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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

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale Wikipedia
    The World Cup: A Captains Tale IMDb The World Cup: A Captains Tale themoviedb.org