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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Running Time: 110 min.
Produced By: / Continental / Woodfall
Release By: British Lion Films Bryanston Films

Summary:
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 sc... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Tom Courtenay (Colin Smith) Michael Redgrave (Governor) James Bolam (Mike) Avis Bunnage (Mrs. Smith) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Bearing all the hallmarks of the British New Wave (and owing a sizable debt to the French New Wave), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner captured the bitterness and resentment that characterized the "angry young man" in the British post-war la ... Continue >>

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