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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

  • September 1962
  • 1hr

    44mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Tony Richardson,

    Starring

    Michael Redgrave,

    Tom Courtenay,

    Avis Bunnage,

    Alec McCowen

    ...

    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.