The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Released on
Drama
Runtime
104 mins
(146 votes)

A rebellious youth sentenced to a 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 a prized athlete.

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

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