We have discussed lots of films over the years: The Touchables, the Seven Ages of Nakedness, the Cuckoo Patrol, the Night and the City, A Kid For Two Farthings, and others. I was looking for the main thread.
I've just discovered another and this one is Academy Award nominated. Lots of posters of Wimbledon Palais and Guildford and a wrestling bout in the middle of the picture.
Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment. 1966.
It's doing the rounds on Talking Pictures at the moment.
Just goes to underline the mainstream importance of wrestling in the mid-sixties that a psychological film would use wrestling as one of its backdrops.
Peter comments are so right, the terms heel and face would never be used ,Les Kellet was reprimanded by joint for using the phrase blue eye in an article in Yorkshire and that was 1972. In the 60s and 70s most workers considered them selves sports men this especially in the lancs and Yorks areas.Bert Royals number in the phone book was listed as Herbert Faulkner professional athlete,we all had pride in our work.