The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
1h 23m
Running Time
June 13, 1982Release Date
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
1h 23m
Running Time
June 13, 1982Release Date
Plot.
The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Hutchison
Jimmy Dickenson
Rod Culbertson
Rob Gill
Tim Healy
'Dirty' Charlie Hogg
David Bradley
Ticer Thomas
Struan Rodger
Jack Greenwell
Tom Clegg
Director
Neville Smith
Writer
Christian Rodska
Creshie Crawford
Jeremy Bulloch
Ben Tillet Whittingham
Richard Griffiths
Sidney Barron
Ian Lynn
Composer
Ashley Wilkinson
ProductionDesigner
Lloyd McGuire
Tom Gill
Terry Gibbons
Tucker Gill
Dennis Waterman
Bob Jones
John Bowler
Rob Guthrie
Dyfed Thomas
Jock Jones
Andrew Keir
Sir Thomas Lipton
Marjorie Bland
Edie Jones
Nigel Hawthorne
John Westwood
Hugh Walters
Reader
Hugh Fraser
Gordon Knightly
Derek Francis
His Grace
Mark Wingett
Deane
Preston Lockwood
FA Member
Edward Palmer
FA Member
Merelina Kendall
Nurse
Brian Hogg
Winger - Stockton FC
Tony Neilson
Winger's Brother
Walter Gee
Referee
Paul Satvendar
John
Domenico Seren Gay
Mayor of Turin
Raymond Brody
Head Waiter
Paolo Bertolini
Fillipo Ottoni
Giuseppe Pera
Pensione Proprietor
Bruno D'Alessio
Waiter
Wilma D'Eusebio
Madame
Mariella Michalizi
Prostitute
Details.
Release DateJune 13, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Wiki.
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.
Some of the process behind filming is mentioned in a Dennis Waterman tribute issued by The Minder Podcast in 2022.