The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Release Date:
Oct 8, 1962
Running Time:
1:43
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Tony Richardson
Cast:
Tom Courtenay Colin Smith
Michael Redgrave Reformatory Governor
Avis Bunnage Mrs. Smith
Peter Madden Mr. Smith
James Bolam Mike
Julia Foster Gladys
Dervis Ward Detective
Raymond Dyer Gordon
Alec McCowan Brown, House Master
Joe Robinson Roach
John Thaw Bosworth
Producers:
Tony Richardson
Writers:
Alan Sillitoe
Language:
English
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Fleet-footed Colin Smith is a rebellious teenager in the poverty-stricken town of Nottingham, in northern England, who enjoys running as an escape from his harsh reality. Caught stealing cash from a bakery, Colin is sent to a reform school where the manipulative governor promotes sports as rehabilitation by enlisting Colin in a foot race against a prestigious rival school. What the governor doesn't realize is that Colin is not so easily disciplined.

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