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The Loneliest Runner is a film of genre Drama directed by Michael Landon released in USA on 20 december 1976 with Michael Landon
The Loneliest Runner (1976)
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Add to a movie listThe Loneliest Runner is an autobiographical made-for-television film written, and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon. It first aired on December 20, 1976 on NBC and starred Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, DeAnn Mears, and Landon's Little House on the Prairie daughter, Melissa Sue Anderson. The film was nominated for two Emmys.
^ Edgar Driscoll Jr. (December 20, 1976). "Youth's struggle with bed-wetting unusual drama". The Boston Globe.
Synopsis
The Loneliest Runner follows the story of 13 year-old John Curtis (played by Kerwin, and based by Landon on himself), who still wets his bed. The problem is publicized by his mother Alice (Mears), who goes so far as to hang her son's stained bed sheets up in the window for everyone to see. Fearing his friends will see the yellow sheets, John runs home from school every day and takes them down to avoid further humiliation. Soon, however, the running becomes more than a race home but an ambition. Partly because he loves it, and also to help him forget his shame and hurt of his unhappy home life, John starts running with the junior track team in order to channel his anger. Ten years later, John Curtis (played by Landon himself) is an Olympic marathon runner and a gold-medal-winner. During a post-race interview, he gives credit to his mother for his success as a runner.Actors
Michael Landon
(John Curtis)
Lance Kerwin
(John Curtis as a Youth)
Brian Keith
(Arnold Curtis)
Melissa Sue Anderson
(Nancy Rizzi)
Walker Edmiston
(Dr. Claymor)
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