The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Duration: 1:44:00

Genre: Drama Sport

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Woodfall Film Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A feature film adapted by the gifted British novelist, Allan Sillito, from his own short story concerning Colin Smith, who commits robbery and is sent to a boy's reformatory. An extradordinary runner, he is chosen to compete in a long distance race against a private school. A win is the warden's obsessive desire. In the training sequences, Colin's loneliness is understood as both literal and metaphorci. Cast: Tom Courtenay, Alex McGowan and Sir Michael Redgrave. Produced and directed by Tony Richardson. Screenplay by Allan Sillitoe based on his story. Music by John Addison.

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