The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962    1h 44m    Not Rated
Drama, Sport
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A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
Directed By
Tony Richardson
Written By
Alan Sillitoe
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions, British Lion-Columbia Distributors

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Cast of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  • Michael RedgraveRuxton Towers Reformatory Governor
  • Tom CourtenayColin Smith
  • Avis BunnageMrs. Smith
  • Alec McCowenBrown, House Master
  • James BolamMike
  • Joe RobinsonRoach
  • Dervis WardDetective
  • Topsy JaneAudrey
  • Julia FosterGladys
  • James FoxWilly Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner
  • John ThawBosworth
  • Arthur MullardChief Borstal Officer
  • Philip MartinStacy
  • John BrookingGreen
  • Raymond DyerGordon
  • Anthony SagarFenton
  • Peter KrissScott
  • Peter MaddenMr Smith
  • Dallas CavellLord Jaspers
  • James CairncrossMr Jones
  • Frank FinlayBooking Office Clerk
  • Robert PercivalTory Politician
  • Ray AustinCraig
  • Derek FowldsBorstal Inmate
  • Billy MurrayBorstal Inmate (uncredited)
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