The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Reformatory governor (Michael Redgrave) scolding his charges before a concert, Smith (Tom Courtenay) et al finishing with "Blake's Jerusalem," as a colleague is apprehended, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Opening with Smith (Tom Courtenay) beginning his voice-over, credits, then en route to the borstal, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962, from Alan Sillitoe's story and screenplay.

The "Guv'nor" (Michael Redgrave) with staff, receiving new inmates including Bosworth (John Thaw, later TV's Inspector Morse) and Smith (Tom Courtenay), then briefing new house master Brown (Alec McCowen), in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

First the Governor (Michael Redgrave) giving a tour, then inmate Smith (Tom Courtenay) in a flashback, featuring his mother (Avis Bunnage) and her boyfriend (Raymond Dyer), in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Borstal boys overseen by Craig (Ray Austin) and Fenton (Anthony Sagar) stage a mess hall brawl, later reviewed by the Governor (Michael Redgrave) and staff, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

A boy from the Irish slums reviews his troubled past while training for a school race in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962).