The World Cup: A Captain's Tale 41 years old

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

Credits

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale Cast

Name Character
Richard Griffiths He was 34, 65 years old when he died as Sidney Barron
Nigel Hawthorne He was 53, 72 years old when he died as John Westwood
Ken Hutchison He was 38, now 80 years old as Jimmy Dickenson
Hugh Walters He was 71, 82 years old when he died as Reader
Mark Wingett He was 21, now 63 years old as Deane
Struan Rodger He was 35, now 77 years old as Jack Greenwell
Andrew Keir He was 56, 71 years old when he died as Sir Thomas Lipton
Hugh Fraser He was 31, 43 years old when he died as Gordon Knightly
Rod Culbertson He was 32, now 73 years old as Rob Gill
Derek Francis He was 58, 60 years old when he died as His Grace
Jeremy Bulloch He was 37, now 79 years old as Ben Tillet Whittingham
Preston Lockwood He was 69, 83 years old when he died as FA Member
Tim Healy He was 30, now 72 years old as 'Dirty' Charlie Hoggy
Marjorie Bland as Edie Jones
Dennis Waterman He was 34, now 76 years old as Bob Jones
John Bowler He was 1, now 40 years old as Rob Guthrie

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale Crew

Name Department
Neville Smith as Writer. He was 42 (now 84) years old Writing
Tom Clegg as Director. He was 47 (81) years old when He died Directing
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (41 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, June 13, 1982
  • Runtime: 83 minutes