Watch The Loneliest Runner (1976) Free Online

Release Date: 1976

Cast: Melissa Sue Anderson, Clifford A. Pellow, Rafer Johnson, DeAnn Mears, Brian Keith, Randy Faustino, Bing Russell, Lance Kerwin, Michael Landon

Categories: Movies, Sports

The Loneliest Runner is an autobiographical made-for-television film written, and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon. It first aired in 1976 on NBC and starred Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, DeAnn Mears, and Landon's television daughter, Melissa Sue Anderson. Landon also made a cameo appearance in the show. The film was nominated for two Emmys. The Loneliest Runner follows the story of Michael Landon's alter-ego, 13 year-old John Curtis (played by Kerwin), who still wets his bed although already into his teens. The problem is publicized, by his mother, Alice Curtis (Mears), not only at... MORE

The Loneliest Runner is an autobiographical made-for-television film written, and directed by Bonanza star Michael Landon. It first aired in 1976 on NBC and starred Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, DeAnn Mears, and Landon's television daughter, Melissa Sue Anderson. Landon also made a cameo appearance in the show. The film was nominated for two Emmys. The Loneliest Runner follows the story of Michael Landon's alter-ego, 13 year-old John Curtis (played by Kerwin), who still wets his bed although already into his teens. The problem is publicized, by his mother, Alice Curtis (Mears), not only at home but also in public. She even goes so far as to hang her son’s stained bed sheets up in the window for all to see. For fear of having his friends see the yellow sheets, the embarrassed 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. The show continues on ten years later when the now adult John Curtis (played LESS