“Life can never cage a man like this!”
Lonely are the Brave
7.4
170 votes·1962
·1h 47m
·MovieWestern
Overview
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.
Keywords
helicoptersheriffbased on novel or bookescapeindependenceloyaltyhorsemodern societymale friendshipprison escapejailfugitive
Cast
Kirk Douglas
John W. "Jack" Burns
Gena Rowlands
Jerry Bondi
Walter Matthau
Sheriff Morey Johnson
Michael Kane
Paul Bondi
Carroll O'Connor
Hinton
William Schallert
Harry
George Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Karl Swenson
Rev. Hoskins
William Mims
First Deputy Arraigning Burns
Martín Garralaga
Old Man
Lalo Rios
Prisoner
John Barton
Prisoner (uncredited)
Ray Beltram
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Bill Bixby
Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
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