The Great Game (1930)
- Directed by
- Jack Raymond
- Genre
- association football film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man plays football while his personal life unfolds. The movie follows a footballer balancing his sport and relationships.
lighthearteddatedsports-centricsimplenostalgicbriskoptimisticstraightforward
What happens
The Great Game is a 1930 British film directed by Jack Raymond and starring John Batten and Renee Clama. It was written by Ralph Gilbert Bettison, William Hunter, John Lees and W. P. Lipscomb. It is one of the earliest feature films to use football as a central theme. Like The Winning Goal (1920) and The Ball of Fortune (1926), the main plot in The Great Game revolves around football. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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