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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Tony Richardson |
| Stars: |
Tom Courtenay |
| Actors: |
Frank Finlay |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Prison/Prisoners · British · Personal Triumph |
| MPAA Rating: |
Unrated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
707729600435 |
| Release Date: |
1962 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 44min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD
Release Company: Warner Home Video (February 13, 2007)
UPC: 085391116868 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 44min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (April 29, 1992)
UPC: 085391175537 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Alan Sillitoe |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2002, p.110, Simon Crook): "...The nihilistic, punky buzz packs an immortal wallop....Classic..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Alan Sillitoe's autobiographical novel about a rebellious 18-year-old living in dreary Lancashire proved to be the perfect material for Tony Richardson to adapt in the early 1960s. The film stars Tom Courtenay as the disaffected Colin Smith, who ends up in a Borstal, or reform school, after robbing a bakery. The Governor (Sir Michael Redgrave), the institution's chief authority, believes in physical training as a means of rehabilitating his charges. Despite his contempt for all authority, Colin one day inadvertently outruns the school's leading long-distance runner, and the Governor immediately assigns him to be trained for an imminent competition with a well-known public school. During his solitary training exercises, Colin flashes back to scenes of his chaotic youth: his father, a blue-collar worker dying of cancer, and his mother, a foul-mouthed harridan, blowing the insurance settlement on a new lover and a new TV. On the day of the big race, the two schools must share a locker room, and Gunthorpe (J... |
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