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Lonely Are the Brave is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kirk Douglas released in USA on 24 may 1962 with Kirk Douglas
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 may 1962
Length 1h47
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating75%
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy. The film was directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo.
It stars Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Burns, Gena Rowlands as his best friend's wife and Walter Matthau as a sheriff who sympathises with Burns but must do his job and chase him down. It also featured an early score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. Douglas felt that this was his favorite film.
Synopsis
John W. "Jack" Burns (Kirk Douglas) works as a roaming ranch hand much as the cowboys of the old West did, refusing to join modern society. He rejects much of modern technology, not even carrying any identification such as a driver's license or draft card. He can't provide an address because he just sleeps wherever he finds a place.Actors
Kirk Douglas
(John W. "Jack" Burns)
Gena Rowlands
(Jerry Bondi)
Walter Matthau
(Sheriff Morey Johnson)
Carroll O'Connor
(Hinton)
George Kennedy
(Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez)
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