THE LONELINESS OF A LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
(1962)
DIRECTOR: Tony Richardson
WRITER: Alan Sillitoe
STARRING: Michael Redgrave
Tom Courtenay
Avis Bunnage
Alec McCowen
James Bolam
Joe Robinson
Dervis Ward
Topsy Jane
Julia Foster
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.