The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
1h 44m
Running Time
September 20, 1962Release Date
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
1h 44m
Running Time
September 20, 1962Release Date

Plot.
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
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Cast & Crew.

Michael Redgrave
Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor

Tom Courtenay
Colin Smith

Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Smith

Alec McCowen
Brown, House Master

James Bolam
Mike

Joe Robinson
Roach

Dervis Ward
Detective

Topsy Jane
Audrey

Julia Foster
Gladys

James Fox
Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)

John Thaw
Bosworth (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard
Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)

Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)

John Brooking
Green (uncredited)

Raymond Dyer
Gordon (uncredited)

Anthony Sagar
Fenton (uncredited)

Peter Kriss
Scott (uncredited)

Peter Madden
Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Ralph Brinton
ProductionDesigner

Dallas Cavell
Lord Jaspers (uncredited)

James Cairncross
Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Frank Finlay
Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Percival
Tory Politician (uncredited)

Ray Austin
Harry Craig (uncredited)

Derek Fowlds
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)

Billy Murray
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)

Jim Brady
Man in Cafe (uncredited)

John Bull
Ronalds (uncredited)

Peter Duguid
Doctor (uncredited)

Charles Dyer
Bit Part (uncredited)

Edward Fox
Extra (uncredited)

Brian Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

William Ash Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Victor Harrington
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis
Sports Day Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Machon
Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)

Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)

Anita Oliver
Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)

Christopher Parker
Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Joe Phelps
Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)

Corin Redgrave
Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)

Doug Robinson
Prison Warder (uncredited)

Robert Vossler
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

John Wilder
Ranley Headmaster (uncredited)

Chris Williams
Ranley Boy (uncredited)

Tony Richardson
Director / Producer

Alan Sillitoe
Screenplay / Story

Basil Rayburn
Assistant Director

Edward Marshall
Art Direction

Robin Webb
Stunts

Bobbie Smith
Hairdresser

Andrew Mollo
Second Assistant Director

Josie MacAvin
Set Dresser

Jimmy Evans
Makeup Artist

Maude Spector
Casting

Dave Tracey
Stunts

Stephen Dalby
Sound Director

Don Challis
Sound Editor

Ralph W. Brinton
Production Design

Sophie Devine
Costume Design

Norman Bolland
Sound Recordist

John Danischewsky
Third Assistant Director

Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator

Desmond Davis
Camera Operator

Antony Gibbs
Editor

Walter Lassally
Director of Photography

John Addison
Music

Michael Holden
Associate Producer
Media.











Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
prison
rebel
sport
based on short story
kitchen sink realism
borstal
Wiki.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a 1962 British coming-of-age film directed by Tony Richardson, one of the new young directors emerging from the English Stage Company at the Royal Court. The screenplay was written by Alan Sillitoe, based on his 1959 short story of the same title, and concerns a rebellious youth who has been sentenced to a borstal for burgling a bakery. He gains privileges in the institution through his prowess as a long-distance runner, but reveries of important events before his incarceration that he has during his solitary runs lead him to re-evaluate his status as the prize athlete of the Governor.
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