Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

Director:

David Miller

Writers:

Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)
Edward Abbey (novel)

Release Date:

24 May 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Western

Tagline:

Life can never cage a man like this!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Jeep | New Mexico | Mexican Border | Cantina

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins

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 (as Bill Mims)
Martin Garralaga	...	Old Man
Lalo Rios	...	Prisoner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Bixby	...	Airman in Helicopter (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton	...	Diner Patron (uncredited)
George Keymas	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Harry Lauter	...	Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Bill Raisch	...	One Arm (uncredited)
Dan Sheridan	...	Deputy Glynn (Comic Book) (uncredited)
Vince St. Cyr	...	Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes (uncredited)
Stuart Wade	...	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Vagrant Convict (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Convict (uncredited)

Directed by
David Miller

Writing credits
Dalton Trumbo		(screenplay)
Edward Abbey		(novel "Brave Cowboy")

Produced by
Edward Lewis	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Philip H. Lathrop		(director of photography) (as Philip Lathrop)

Film Editing by
Leon Barsha

Art Direction by
Alexander Golitzen
Robert Emmet Smith		(as Robert Smith)

Set Decoration by
George Milo

Makeup Department
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist
Dave Grayson	....	makeup artist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw	....	assistant director
David Silver	....	assistant director
Ray Taylor Jr.	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Waldon O. Watson	....	sound
Frank H. Wilkinson	....	sound
James R. Alexander	....	sound (uncredited)
James Curtis	....	sound (uncredited)
Arthur B. Smith	....	sound (uncredited)

Stunts
Bob Herron	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Don Christie	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Tim Donahue	....	photographic coordinator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stanley Kufel	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Peter V. Saldutti	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	music supervisor
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Richard Michaels	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Joel Productions (presents)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)

Other Companies

• Panavision  filmed in

Also Known As:

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG | UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #20037) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:12 | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Joel Productions

Trivia:

Jerry Goldsmith wrote cues for the scenes when Whisky is hit by the truck and later when he is dying that were not used.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Picture of Harry Truman in the Sheriff's office, typically the President's portrait in a law enforcement office would be the current office holder. At the time this film was made (1962), it should have been a portrait of JFK.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[to his horse, as he watches jets leave contrails across the sky]
Jack Burns:Time we took off, too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Tatort: Märchenwald (#1.576)" (2004)

"Kirt Douglas fans...."Lonely Are The Brave" ...is Kirt Douglas's Personal Favorite of his career"

After all Kirt Douglas has done, this little masterpiece is his personal favorite.

"The Bad and the Beautiful" I think is another of his films you would adore.

Shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1960's, in black and white...Kirt Douglas and Gena Rolands created a sweet piece of art.

As the West, of real men and women, is being paved over, for housing developments, Malls,...these characters find themselves caught in between, their love and dreams dangerously disrupted.

Integrity and personal ethics at war with inhuman cruelty.

Kirt Douglas's beautiful horse, deserved an Oscar, as did the horse in "Cat Ballu". "The Misfits" was being shot at the near the same time, and has the same "quiet desperation", of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable's last work. An Existential crisis that cuts to the bone.

In an interview...Kirt said, "of all my grand history of making film, this little known film, was his personal favorite." Deserves to be saved on DVD. Bravo to the cast and crew. This masterpiece will be an underground classic, that film classes will show for a 100 yrs.