The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (MOD)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (MOD)"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

After a grueling series of tests

they can't stand each other

His allegiance soon changes

then bury their fortune in the blistering Arizona desert to protect it from hostile Apaches

wonderfully cast comedy from veteran funnyman Buck Henry (Heaven Can Wait

Alexandra and her cronies (Geraldine Page

" says platoon sarge Murray Hamilton

"One of the most important late silents" (Los Angeles Times)

Lionel Barrymore stars in this drama about a man who spends his life building a successful business

these three MGM "Bs" starring Walter Pidgeon (soon to be Greer Garson's costar in nine films

man-eating houseplants

creating a moody sense of a world that never plays on the level