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

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Cast

Bob Jones

Dennis Waterman

Jimmy Dickenson

Ken Hutchison

'Dirty' Charlie Hoggy

Tim Healy

Rob Gill

Rod Culbertson

Ticer Thomas

David Bradley

Jack Greenwell

Struan Rodger

Creshie Crawford

Christian Rodska

Ben Tillet Whittingham

Jeremy Bulloch

Sidney Barron

Richard Griffiths

Tom Gill

Lloyd McGuire

Tucker Gill

Terry Gibbons

Rob Guthrie

John Bowler

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