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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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Calorie Rating: 146
Released: 1962-09-20
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Studios: Woodfall Film Productions, British Lion-Columbia Distributors,


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.

Director / Directors

Basil Rayburn
Assistant Director
John Danischewsky
Third Assistant Director

Andrew Mollo
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Michael Redgrave
Character: Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor
Tom Courtenay
Character: Colin Smith
Avis Bunnage
Character: Mrs. Smith

Alec McCowen
Character: Brown, House Master
James Bolam
Character: Mike
Joe Robinson
Character: Roach

Dervis Ward
Character: Detective
Topsy Jane
Character: Audrey
Julia Foster
Character: Gladys

James Fox
Character: Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
John Thaw
Character: Bosworth (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Character: Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)

Philip Martin
Character: Stacy (uncredited)
John Brooking
Character: Green (uncredited)
Raymond Dyer
Character: Gordon (uncredited)

Anthony Sagar
Character: Fenton (uncredited)
Peter Kriss
Character: Scott (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Character: Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Dallas Cavell
Character: Lord Jaspers (uncredited)
James Cairncross
Character: Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
Character: Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Percival
Character: Tory Politician (uncredited)
Ray Austin
Character: Harry Craig (uncredited)
Derek Fowlds
Character: Borstal Inmate (uncredited)

Billy Murray
Character: Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Character: Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Character: Man in Cafe (uncredited)

John Bull
Character: Ronalds (uncredited)
Peter Duguid
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Dyer
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)

Edward Fox
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Brian Hammond
Character: Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
William Ash Hammond
Character: Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Victor Harrington
Character: Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Character: Sports Day Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Character: Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)

Philip Martin
Character: Stacy (uncredited)
Anita Oliver
Character: Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)
Christopher Parker
Character: Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Joe Phelps
Character: Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)
Corin Redgrave
Character: Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)
Doug Robinson
Character: Prison Warder (uncredited)

Robert Vossler
Character: Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
John Wilder
Character: Ranley Headmaster (uncredited)
Chris Williams
Character: Ranley Boy (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Alan Sillitoe
Screenplay
Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Desmond Davis
Camera Operator

Walter Lassally
Director of Photography


Ralph W. Brinton
Production Design
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
Sophie Devine
Costume Design

Jimmy Evans
Makeup Artist
Bobbie Smith
Hairdresser
Josie MacAvin
Set Dresser

Norman Bolland
Sound Recordist
Don Challis
Sound Editor
Stephen Dalby
Sound Director

Desmond Davis
Camera Operator