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"Running has always been a big thing in our family. Especially from the police." So says taut-jawed, wary-eyed Colin, a promising distance runner. But he's not one of the burnished lads who gave all for England in Chariots of Fire. For working-class reform school inmate Colin, the opposition isn't another runner. It's the Establishment. Tom Courtenay, (The Dresser, Doctor Zhivago) made a blazing screen debut in this, one of the best of the "angry young man" movies. Director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) and writer Alan Sillitoe (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) give the film an edgy intensity specific to its era yet timeless in its outcry against injustice. And Sir Michael Redgrave stings as the smug school governor with his own motives for using Colin's running prowess.
Original Release
09/20/1962
US Release
10/08/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Redgrave | Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor |
Tom Courtenay | Colin Smith |
Avis Bunnage | Mrs. Smith |
Alec McCowen | Mr. Brown / Brown, House Master |
James Bolam | Mike |
Joe Robinson | Roach / Mr. Roach |
Dervis Ward | Detective |
Topsy Jane | Audrey |
Julia Foster | Gladys |
Ernest Blyth | Army Officer at Sports Day |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Redgrave | Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor |
Tom Courtenay | Colin Smith |
Avis Bunnage | Mrs. Smith |
Alec McCowen | Mr. Brown / Brown, House Master |
James Bolam | Mike |
Joe Robinson | Roach / Mr. Roach |
Dervis Ward | Detective |
Topsy Jane | Audrey |
Julia Foster | Gladys |
Ernest Blyth | Army Officer at Sports Day |
Jim Brady | Man in Cafe |
John Brooking | Green |
John Bull | Ronalds |
James Cairncross | Mr. Jones / Mr Jones |
Dallas Cavell | Lord Jaspers |
Peter Duguid | Doctor |
Charles Dyer | Bit Part |
Raymond Dyer | Gordon |
Frank Finlay | Booking Office Clerk |
Derek Fowlds | Borstal Inmate |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Tony Richardson | Producer |
Michael Holden | Producer |