Handlung
Der Film beginnt mit Colin Smith, der eine trostlose Landstraße irgendwo im ländlichen England entlang läuft. Er landet später wegen Diebstahls in einer Haftanstalt für jugendliche Straftäter. Dort nimmt er an einem Rehabilitationsprogramm des Gouverneurs teil, zu dem auch Leichtathletik gehört. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Smith ein talentierter Läufer ist, der in der Lage ist, den amtierenden Champion im Langstreckenlauf zu besiegen. Der Gouverneur ist erfreut, als Smith zu einem Fünf-Meilen-Lauf eingeladen wird, da es sich dadurch zeigt, dass sein Reha-Programm funktioniert. Smith gibt kurz vor dem Ziel auf. Damit protestiert er gegen den Anpassungsdruck der Gesellschaft und ihre bigotten Moralprinzipien.
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Besetzung
Michael Redgrave
Ruxton Towers Reformatory Governor
Tom Courtenay
Colin Smith
Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Smith
Alec McCowen
Brown, House Master
James Bolam
Mike
Joe Robinson
Roach
Dervis Ward
Detective
Topsy Jane
Audrey
Julia Foster
Gladys
James Fox
Willy Gunthorpe - Ranley School Runner (uncredited)
John Thaw
Bosworth (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Chief Borstal Officer (uncredited)
Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)
John Brooking
Green (uncredited)
Raymond Dyer
Gordon (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar
Fenton (uncredited)
Peter Kriss
Scott (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Dallas Cavell
Lord Jaspers (uncredited)
James Cairncross
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Frank Finlay
Booking Office Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Percival
Tory Politician (uncredited)
Ray Austin
Harry Craig (uncredited)
Derek Fowlds
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
Billy Murray
Borstal Inmate (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Jim Brady
Man in Cafe (uncredited)
John Bull
Ronalds (uncredited)
Peter Duguid
Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Dyer
Bit Part (uncredited)
Edward Fox
Extra (uncredited)
Brian Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
William Ash Hammond
Johnny Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Borstal Master at Meeting (uncredited)
Philip Martin
Stacy (uncredited)
Anita Oliver
Alice Smith - Colin's Sister (uncredited)
Christopher Parker
Bill Smith - Colin's Brother (uncredited)
Joe Phelps
Borstal Master in Workshop (uncredited)
Corin Redgrave
Spectator at Sports Day (uncredited)
Doug Robinson
Prison Warder (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Chris Williams
Ranley Boy (uncredited)
John Wilder
Ranley Headmaster (uncredited)