The Great Game

1953
1h 20min

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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaThe wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.

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Joe Lawson: Now, you're getting married on Wednesday week, right?
Joe Lawson: That's right, Sir.
Joe Lawson: Right. Well now off you go on your honeymoon, and you can tell Mavis she can have the rest of that week off - with pay of course - and then we'll see you in London on Saturday morning.
Ned Rutter: In London, on Saturday, Sir?
Joe Lawson: Aha, we're playing Chelsea, you know; got to have you for that of course. And then on the Monday morning, when you return here, you'll start working for me. I'll tell you what I'll do - I'll start you off in the packing department.
Ned Rutter: That's very kind of you, Sir. Can I tell Mavis, Sir?
Joe Lawson: By all means.
Joe Lawson: [Mavis has come in] Ah, Mavis, enjoy your tea? We've got some wonderful news for you.
Mavis Pink: [to Ned] Have you been transferred, Dear?
Joe Lawson: If all goes well.
Ned Rutter: You'll never guess the fee!
Mavis Pink: How much?
Ned Rutter: Oh, about twenty thousand.
Mavis Pink: What? Pounds?
Ned Rutter: Yes, Love.
Mavis Pink: How much do you make on that?
Ned Rutter: Nothing.
Joe Lawson: You don't understand, Mavis. It's nothing to do with Ned really. It's just a deal between the two clubs.
Mavis Pink: Oh, oh, I see. So you hand over twenty thousand pounds and Ned Stops playing for Monktown Rovers and starts playing for you.
Joe Lawson: Exactly!
Mavis Pink: Mr. Lawson, I know I'm dense but I still don't follow. I can see what the Rovers get out of it, and I can see what you get out of it. What I can't see is what Ned gets out of it.
Joe Lawson: He gets fourteen pounds a week just for playing football and I'd say for a young fellow, he's doing pretty well for himself.

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The Business of Football

James Hayter is in charge of the local football club, and it's a team in the First Division. It's also in last place, and about to be dropped to the Second Division. Ignoring his faltering printing business, he looks around for talent, and in walks Glyn Houston, who wants to marry Sheila Shand Gibbs, the least competent member of his staff. Houston is a leading player on a poorly funded team, so Hayter buys his contract, blesses the union, and thinks his troubles are over. They're not. The people in charge of the other team let slip that Hayter recruited Houston, and a scandal erupts.

Maurice Elvey's movie is centered on the economic paradoxes of football in the era. The players are nominally amateur, so while his contract is worth £20,000, he takes home £14 a week for working in Hayter's printing business, which also makes a lot of money off the contract for programs.

Diana Dors is second-billed as a mercenary young woman, and Thora Hird has a sizable role as the effective manager of the shop. There's a bit of HOBSON'S CHOICE in the story, and some favorite actors, like John Laurie and Frank Pettingell to liven the confusion.