A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
Alec McCowen, Anthony Sagar, Arthur Mullard, Avis Bunnage, Chris Williams, Christopher Parker, Dervis Ward, Frank Finlay, James Bolam, James Cairncross, James Fox, Joe Robinson, John Brooking, John Bull, John Thaw, Julia Foster, Michael Redgrave, Peter Madden, Ray Austin, Robert Percival, Tom Courtenay
Drama, Sport