The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962 · 1 hr 44 min · Not Rated

Drama, Sport

Directors

Tony Richardson

Actors

  • Michael Redgrave
  • Tom Courtenay
  • Avis Bunnage

Credits: 5

Summary

A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.

More about this movie

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. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.

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