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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

Jun 13, 1982
1h 23m
★ 7.0

Overview

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

Genres

Action
Drama

Cast

Dennis Waterman

Bob Jones

Dennis Waterman

Ken Hutchison

Jimmy Dickenson

Ken Hutchison

Tim Healy

'Dirty' Charlie Hoggy

Tim Healy

Rod Culbertson

Rob Gill

Rod Culbertson

David Bradley

Ticer Thomas

David Bradley

Struan Rodger

Jack Greenwell

Struan Rodger

Christian Rodska

Creshie Crawford

Christian Rodska

Jeremy Bulloch

Ben Tillet Whittingham

Jeremy Bulloch

Richard Griffiths

Sidney Barron

Richard Griffiths

Lloyd McGuire

Tom Gill

Lloyd McGuire

Terry Gibbons

Tucker Gill

Terry Gibbons

John Bowler

Rob Guthrie

John Bowler

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