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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 104 mins

  • Director: Tony Richardson
  • Writer: Alan Sillitoe
  • Producer: Michael Holden; Tony Richardson

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Spit in the faces of those who oppose you...metaphorically speaking

.One of the best British films ever made.

There has to be subtext...with Richardson at the helm...and, a borstal and a troubled boy.

This film screams of defiance and pain...haven't we all felt that...?

Mind-blowing, heart-melting.

A masterpiece.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Michael Redgrave as Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor;
Tom Courtenay as Colin Smith;
Avis Bunnage as Mrs. Smith;
Alec McCowen as Brown;
James Bolam as Mike;
Joe Robinson as Roach;
Dervis Ward as Detective;
Topsy Jane as Audrey;
Julia Foster as Gladys;
Ray Austin as Craig