Description
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner DVD 1962 A Hosszútávfutó Magányossága / Directed by Tony Richardson / Starring: Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, Avis Bunnage, James Bolam
UPC 5999546332728
MADE IN EU
REGION 2 PAL DVD
Audio: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0
Subtitle: Hungarian
Runtime: 104 minutes
English Summary:
The film opens with Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) running, alone, along a bleak country road somewhere in rural England. In a brief voiceover, Colin tells us that running is the way his family has always coped with the world's troubles, but that in the end, the runner is always alone and cut off from spectators, left to deal with life on his own.
Colin is then shown with a group of other young men, all handcuffed. They are being taken to Ruxton Towers, a detention centre for juvenile offenders, an approved school. It is overseen by the Governor (Michael Redgrave), who believes that the hard work and discipline imposed on his charges will ultimately make them useful members of society. Colin, sullen and rebellious, immediately catches his eye as a test of his beliefs.
An important part of the Governor's rehabilitation programme is athletics, and he soon notices that Colin is a talented runner, easily able to outrun Ruxton's reigning long-distance runner. The Governor was once a runner himself, and he is especially keen on Colin's abilities because, for the first time, his charges have been invited to compete in a five-mile cross-country run against Ranley, a nearby public school with privileged pupils from upper-class families. The Governor sees the invitation as an important way to demonstrate the success of his rehabilitation programme.
Hungarian Summary:
Cast / Szereplők:
Actor | Character |
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Michael Redgrave | Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor |
Tom Courtenay | Colin Smith |
Avis Bunnage | Mrs Smith |
Alec McCowen | Brown |
James Bolam | Mike |
Joe Robinson | Roach |
Dervis Ward | Detective |
Topsy Jane | Audrey |
Julia Foster | Gladys |
Arthur Mullard | Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited) |
James Fox | Gunthorpe (uncredited) |
John Thaw | Bosworth (uncredited) |
Derek Fowlds | (uncredited) |
Directed by | Tony Richardson |
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Written by | Alan Sillitoe |
Starring | Tom Courtenay Michael Redgrave Avis Bunnage James Bolam Alec McCowen |
Music by | John Addison |
Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
Edited by | Antony Gibbs |
Production
company |
Woodfall Film Productions
Seven Arts |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
Release date
|
21 September 1962 |
Running time
|
104 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |