movie poster for THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER

Flicks ID

3118

Cert

PG

Running time

104 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (1962)

TONY RICHARDSON

Plot

A Borstal boy has nothing going for him bar his ability to run. When selected to run against a public school he begins a rigorous training programme whilst reliving his troubled past and planning his confrontation with authority. One of the classic early '60s working class dramas. To be seen.