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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1962 DVD Release: 02/13/2007 Format: DVD - Black and White,Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama, Sports Drama, Juvenile Delinquency Film

One of the key "angry young man" films which helped define the British "Kitchen Sink Drama" style of the late 1950's and early 60's, this story centers on Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay), a bitter young man from a working-class family. Uninterested in school and determined not to follow his father into factory work, Colin and his friend Mike (James Bolam) make their pocket money through petty crime, until they're arrested after the robbery of a baker's shop and sentenced to Borstal (British reform school). The Governor of the school (Michael Redgrave) takes a keen interest in Colin, but he cares less for his rehabilitation than his gifts as a broken-field runner; Colin finds himself torn between the need to please his captors and his determination not to play along with what he sees as a corrupt system. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was the first film for Courtenay, whose performance earned him the "Most Promising Newcomer" prize at the 1962 British Film Academy awards. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Tom Courtenay - Colin Smith
Michael Redgrave - Governor
James Bolam - Mike
Avis Bunnage - Mrs. Smith
James Cairncross - Jones
Alec McCowen - Brown
Peter Madden - Mr. Smith