The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) Quotes

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) is a television show that first aired in 1970 . The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ended in 1970.

It features John Addison in charge of musical score, and Walter Lassally as head of cinematography.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) is 104 minutes long. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) is distributed by British Lion Films (UK).

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) Quotes

• (Unnamed) "Come on doll, don't play hard to get."

• (Unnamed) "How do we tackle the basic aggression which these lads obviously feel?"
• (Unnamed) "By channelling it in the right direction."
• (Unnamed) "I was just wondering whether life wasn't a little more complicated than a football match."

• (Unnamed) "It's not that I don't like work. It's just that I don't like the idea of slaving me guts out so the bosses can get all the profits. Seems all wrong to me."

• (Unnamed) "What's your name?"
• (Unnamed) "Smith."
• (Unnamed) "Say "sir" when you answer the Governor."
• (Unnamed) "Sir Smith."
• (Unnamed) "That won't get you far here, lad."

• (Unnamed) "And always remember, they've got the whip hand."
• (Unnamed) "Do you know what I'd do if I had the whip hand? I'd get all the coppers, governers, posh whores, army officers and members of parliament and I'd stick them up against this wall and let them have it 'cause that's what they'd like to do to blokes like us."
• (Unnamed) "You'll learn."
• (Unnamed) "We'll see."

• (Unnamed) "So, uh, how do you come to be here?"
• (Unnamed) "I got sent, didn't I?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes, I know you got sent, but why?"
• (Unnamed) "I got caught. Didn't run fast enough."

• (Unnamed) "The best thing to do is be cunning and stay where you are. I'm going to let them think they've got me house trained, but they never will, the bastards. To get me beat, they'll have to stick a rope around my neck."

• (Unnamed) "Running's always been a big thing in our family, especially running away from the police."

• (Unnamed) "You don't get anywhere without effort, do you lad?"

• (Unnamed) "I used to be a runner myself, quite a useful one too but a bit of a plodder."

• (Unnamed) "Where d'you learn to drive like this?"
• (Unnamed) "Me cousin had a milk round."

• (Unnamed) "Now when you broke into this, um, what was it --"
• (Unnamed) "Bakery"
• (Unnamed) "Bakery, yup -- what were you thinking about at the time?"
• (Unnamed) "I wasn't thinking about anything, I was too busy breaking in."

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