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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Directed by Tony Richardson
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 104 minutes
Actors
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 O'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