Title | : | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
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Release | : | 1962 |
Rating | : | 7.6 |
Language | : | English |
Runtime | : | 104 |
Genre | : | Drama,Sport |
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. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
Alan Sillitoe (screenplay), Alan Sillitoe (short story)