A rebellious youth sentenced to a 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 a prized athlete.

• Woodfall Film Productions
• British Lion-Columbia Distributors
• Michael Redgrave
• Tom Courtenay
• Avis Bunnage
• Alec McCowen
• James Bolam
• Joe Robinson
• Dervis Ward
• Topsy Jane