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A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
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May 25, 1962
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1985
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Joel Productions
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Cast
Full credits →K
Kirk Douglas
John W. "Jack" Burns
G
Gena Rowlands
Jerry Bondi
W
Walter Matthau
Sheriff Morey Johnson
M
Michael Kane
Paul Bondi
C
Carroll O'Connor
Hinton
W
William Schallert
Harry
G
George Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
K
Karl Swenson
Rev. Hoskins
W
William Mims
First Deputy Arraigning Burns
M
Martín Garralaga
Old Man
L
Lalo Rios
Prisoner
J
John Barton
Prisoner (uncredited)
R
Ray Beltram
Bar Patron (uncredited)
A
Audrey Betz
Bar Patron (uncredited)
B
Bill Bixby
Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
E
Eumenio Blanco
Prisoner (uncredited)
O
Oscar Blank
Prisoner (uncredited)
D
Don Carlos
Bar Patron (uncredited)
A
Albert Cavens
Observer at Accident (uncredited)
J
Jess Cavin
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Quotes
See all →Kirk Douglas Reflects on His Best Film
Quotes about Lonely Are the Brave
* ], who had used his clout to get the movie made, and considers it his best film, as quoted in The Films of Kirk Douglas (1972) by Tony Thomas, p. 184
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The Struggle of Individuality in Modern Life
Quotes about Lonely Are the Brave
It happens to be a point of view I ]. This is what attracted me to the story — the difficulty of being an ] ]. ] gets more and more complex and convoluted. Young people are not ] with what's going on — and they're right. The character in Lonely Are the Brave had that quality. He didn't want to belong to this day and age. It's difficult to buck the system. That's the tragedy of it.
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