Lonely are the Brave

Apr 26, 1962

1h 47m

★ 7.4

Life can never cage a man like this!

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Joel Productions

Lonely are the Brave Trailers

Cast

John W. "Jack" Burns

Kirk Douglas

Jerry Bondi

Gena Rowlands

Sheriff Morey Johnson

Walter Matthau

Paul Bondi

Michael Kane

Hinton

Carroll O'Connor

Harry

William Schallert

Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez

George Kennedy

Rev. Hoskins

Karl Swenson

First Deputy Arraigning Burns

William Mims

Old Man

Martín Garralaga

Prisoner

Lalo Rios

Prisoner (uncredited)

John Barton

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