THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 'Running has always been a big thing in our family. Especially from the police' So says taut-jawed, wary-eyed Colin, a promising distance runner. But he's not one of the burnished lads who gave all for England in Chariots of Fire. For working-class reform school inmate Colin, the opposition isn't another runner. It's the Establishment.; ; Tom Courtenay (The Dresser, Doctor Zhivago) made a blazing screen debut in this, one of the best of the 'angry young man' movies. Director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) and writer Alan Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) give the film an edgy intensity specific to its era yet timeless in its outcry against injustice. And Sir Michael Redgrave stings as the smug school governor with his own motives for using Colin's running prowess.
• Cast: John Bull, James Cairncross, Peter Duguid, Raymond Dyer, Frank Finlay, James Fox, William Ash Hammond, Peter Kriss, Peter Madden, Philip Martin, Arthur Mullard, Christopher Parker, Robert Percival, Anthony Sagar, John Thaw, Chris Williams, Anita Oliver, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen, James Bolam, Joe Robinson, Dervis Ward, Topsy Jane, Julia Foster, Ray Austin, John Brooking, Tony Richardson
• Director: Tony Richardson
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Movie