The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 104 mins
(148 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Michael Redgrave
- Tom Courtenay
- Avis Bunnage
- Alec McCowen
- James Bolam
- Joe Robinson
- Dervis Ward
- Topsy Jane
- Julia Foster
- James Fox
- John Thaw
- Arthur Mullard
- Philip Martin
- John Brooking
- Raymond Dyer
- Anthony Sagar
- Peter Kriss
- Peter Madden
- Dallas Cavell
- James Cairncross
- Frank Finlay
- Robert Percival
- Ray Austin
- Derek Fowlds
- Billy Murray
- Ernest Blyth
- Jim Brady
- John Bull
- Peter Duguid
- Charles Dyer
- Edward Fox
- Brian Hammond
- William Ash Hammond
- Victor Harrington
- Aileen Lewis
- Fred Machon
- Philip Martin
- Anita Oliver
- Christopher Parker
- Joe Phelps
- Corin Redgrave
- Doug Robinson
- Robert Vossler
- John Wilder
- Chris Williams
Director
- Tony Richardson
Producers
- Tony Richardson
Screenwriter
- Alan Sillitoe
