"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." Sent to reform school for burglary, Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) is determined that the system will not break him. But his ability at long distance running brings him to the attention of the governor. Whilst he trains and is bullied by the other inmates, for being the governors favorite, we are privy to his backstory in flashback, and find out what brought him to this point.
Developed by Alan Sillitoe from his own short story, this is a gripping tale in the angry young man mould that was so prevalent at this time.
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