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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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.

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

September 20, 1962
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Cast (45)

Michael Redgrave
Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor
Tom Courtenay
Colin Smith
Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Smith
Alec McCowen
Brown, House Master
Dervis Ward
Detective
Topsy Jane
Audrey
James Fox
Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
John Thaw
Bosworth (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)
Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)
John Brooking
Green (uncredited)
Raymond Dyer
Gordon (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar
Fenton (uncredited)
Peter Kriss
Scott (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Dallas Cavell
Lord Jaspers (uncredited)
James Cairncross
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Percival
Tory Politician (uncredited)
Ray Austin
Harry Craig (uncredited)
Derek Fowlds
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
Billy Murray
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Man in Cafe (uncredited)
John Bull
Ronalds (uncredited)
Peter Duguid
Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Dyer
Bit Part (uncredited)
Edward Fox
Extra (uncredited)
Brian Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
William Ash Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Sports Day Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)
Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)
Anita Oliver
Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)
Christopher Parker
Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)
Corin Redgrave
Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)
Doug Robinson
Prison Warder (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
John Wilder
Ranley Headmaster (uncredited)
Chris Williams
Ranley Boy (uncredited)

Crew (25)

Directing

Basil Rayburn
Assistant Director
John Danischewsky
Third Assistant Director
Andrew Mollo
Second Assistant Director

Writing

Production

Michael Holden
Associate Producer

Sound

Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator
Stephen Dalby
Sound Director
Don Challis
Sound Editor
Norman Bolland
Sound Recordist

Art

Josie MacAvin
Set Dresser
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
Ralph W. Brinton
Production Design

Camera

Walter Lassally
Director of Photography
Desmond Davis
Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Sophie Devine
Costume Design
Bobbie Smith
Hairdresser
Jimmy Evans
Makeup Artist

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