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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a 1962 British coming-of-age film directed by Tony Richardson, one of the new young directors emerging from the English Stage Company at the Royal Court. The screenplay was written by Alan Sillitoe , based on his 1959 short story of the same title , and concerns a rebellious youth who has been ...
- £130,211
- John Addison
- Tony Richardson
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen. A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
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- Drama, Sport
- Tony Richardson
- 1962-10-08
Plot. When he is caught by the police for robbing a bakery, Smith is sentenced to be confined in Ruxton Towers in Essex, a Borstal (young offenders institution) for delinquent youths. He seeks solace in long-distance running, attracting the notice of the school's authorities for his physical prowess.
Caught stealing cash from a bakery, Colin is sent to a reform school where the manipulative governor (Michael Redgrave) promotes sports as rehabilitation by enlisting Colin in a foot race against a...
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- Tom Courtenay
- Tony Richardson
- Woodfall Film Productions
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, British film drama, released in 1962, that was directed by Tony Richardson and featured the impressive screen debut of Tom Courtenay. Courtenay played Colin Smith, a troubled young man sent to a reform school after he robs a bakery. A gifted runner, he is.
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Summaries. A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal. 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.
Oct 4, 2002 · A sullen, directionless teen, Colin refuses to follow his dying dad into a factory job, and rails against bosses who profit from the sweat of the working classes (New Labour he's not). Instead, he...
