Monday, 16 April 2012

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)



Director:Tony Richardson
Writers:Alan Sillitoe (screenplay), Alan Sillitoe (short story)
Stars:Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay and Avis Bunnage

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