---
title: 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tony Richardson'
released: '1962-09-27'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056194/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

1962 · 104 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a 1962 British coming-of-age film directed by Tony Richardson, one of the new young directors emerging from the English Stage Company at the Royal Court. The screenplay was written by Alan Sillitoe, based on his 1959 short story of the same title, and concerns a rebellious youth who has been sentenced to a borstal for burgling a bakery. He gains privileges in the institution through his prowess as a long-distance runner, but reveries of important events before his incarceration that he has during his solitary runs lead him to re-evaluate his status as the prize athlete of the Governor.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson)
- **Producer:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson)
- **Screenplay:** [Alan Sillitoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-sillitoe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)
- **Editor:** [Antony Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Ray Austin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-austin)
- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [Peter Madden](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-madden)
- [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay)
- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)
- [John Thaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-thaw)
- [Joe Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-robinson)
- [James Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-fox)
- [Alec McCowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-mccowen)
- [James Bolam](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bolam)

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