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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

7.2 104 mins Drama   1962
Woodfall Film Productions  
Director(s): Tony Richardson

A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.

Casts of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Michael Redgrave

as Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor

Tom Courtenay

as Colin Smith

Avis Bunnage

as Mrs. Smith

Alec McCowen

as Brown, House Master

James Bolam

as Mike

Joe Robinson

as Roach

Dervis Ward

as Detective

Topsy Jane

as Audrey

Julia Foster

as Gladys

James Fox

as Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)

John Thaw

as Bosworth (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

as Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)

Philip Martin

as Stacy (uncredited)

John Brooking

as Green (uncredited)

Raymond Dyer

as Gordon (uncredited)

Anthony Sagar

as Fenton (uncredited)

Peter Kriss

as Scott (uncredited)

Peter Madden

as Mr. Smith (uncredited)

Dallas Cavell

as Lord Jaspers (uncredited)

James Cairncross

as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Frank Finlay

as Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Percival

as Tory Politician (uncredited)

Ray Austin

as Harry Craig (uncredited)

Derek Fowlds

as Borstal Inmate (uncredited)

Billy Murray

as Borstal Inmate (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

as Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)

Jim Brady

as Man in Cafe (uncredited)

John Bull

as Ronalds (uncredited)

Peter Duguid

as Doctor (uncredited)

Charles Dyer

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Edward Fox

as Extra (uncredited)

Brian Hammond

as Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

William Ash Hammond

as Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Victor Harrington

as Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis

as Sports Day Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Machon

as Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)

Philip Martin

as Stacy (uncredited)

Anita Oliver

as Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)

Christopher Parker

as Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)

Joe Phelps

as Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)

Corin Redgrave

as Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)

Doug Robinson

as Prison Warder (uncredited)

Robert Vossler

as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

John Wilder

as Ranley Headmaster (uncredited)

Chris Williams

as Ranley Boy (uncredited)

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