The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
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.
Released: 1962
Genre:
Drama
Casts:
Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam, Joe Robinson, Dervis Ward, Topsy Jane, Julia Foster, Philip Martin, James Fox, John Thaw, Arthur Mullard, Ray Austin, John Brooking, Raymond Dyer, Anthony Sagar, Peter Kriss, Peter Madden, Dallas Cavell, James Cairncross, Frank Finlay, Derek Fowlds, Robert Percival