The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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British drama film film

"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is a 1962 British drama film, based on Alan Sillitoe’s short story, about a rebellious working-class youth who finds both escape and confrontation with authority through long-distance running.

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Label Occurrences
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner canonical 11
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (short story) 2
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film) 1

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instanceOf British drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (short story)
basedOnWorkBy Alan Sillitoe ⓘ
castMember Avis Bunnage ⓘ
James Bolam ⓘ
Michael Redgrave ⓘ
Tom Courtenay ⓘ
Topsy Jane ⓘ
cinematographer Walter Lassally ⓘ
composer John Addison ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Tony Richardson ⓘ
distributor British Lion Films ⓘ
editor Antony Gibbs ⓘ
surface form: Anthony Gibbs
era 1960s British cinema ⓘ
filmingProcess black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
kitchen sink realism ⓘ
hasPublicationDate 1962 ⓘ
isBlackAndWhite true ⓘ
leadActor Tom Courtenay ⓘ
mainCharacter Colin Smith ⓘ
movement British New Wave ⓘ
narrativeFocus working-class youth ⓘ
notableFor depiction of juvenile delinquency ⓘ
portrayal of British working-class life ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Tony Richardson ⓘ
productionCompany Woodfall Film Productions ⓘ
protagonistOccupation long-distance runner ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 104 ⓘ
screenAdaptationOf The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (short story)
screenwriter Alan Sillitoe ⓘ
setting Borstal institution ⓘ
shortStoryOriginalLanguage English ⓘ
shortStoryPublicationAuthor Alan Sillitoe ⓘ
sportDepicted long-distance running ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
rebellion against authority ⓘ
titleCharacterTrait defiance ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ

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Tom Courtenay → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
British New Wave → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Woodfall Film Productions → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Tony Richardson → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Tony Richardson → directed → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Walter Lassally → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Michael Redgrave → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Thomas → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Courtenay
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Thomas Daniel Courtenay → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner → screenAdaptationOf → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner → firstAppearance → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
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Angry Young Men → notableWork → The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ