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 | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Laurie Greenwood |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Tyne Tees Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| 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, Nigel Hawthorne and Tim Healy. 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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Categories:
- 1982 television films
- English-language films
- British films
- British television films
- British 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