Ein äußerst freiheitsliebender Cowboy lässt sich im Gefängnis einsperren, um einem alten Freund zur Flucht zu verhelfen.Ein äußerst freiheitsliebender Cowboy lässt sich im Gefängnis einsperren, um einem alten Freund zur Flucht zu verhelfen.Ein äußerst freiheitsliebender Cowboy lässt sich im Gefängnis einsperren, um einem alten Freund zur Flucht zu verhelfen.
- Nominiert für 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt
- First Deputy Arraigning Burns
- (as Bill Mims)
- Prisoner
- (Nicht genannt)
- Bar Patron
- (Nicht genannt)
- Bar Patron
- (Nicht genannt)
- Airman in Helicopter
- (Nicht genannt)
- Prisoner
- (Nicht genannt)
- Prisoner
- (Nicht genannt)
- Bar Patron
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesAfter Kirk Douglas read "The Brave Cowboy" by Edward Abbey, he purchased the rights to it and gave the project to his friend Dalton Trumbo. Douglas said Trumbo's screenplay was perfect, the best he had ever read, and he didn't change one word of it.
- PatzerIf a helicopter's tail rotor is damaged, the helicopter would begin spinning, not swooping back and forth. The pilot would be forced to auto-rotate to a landing.
- Zitate
Jack Burns: I didn't want a house. I didn't want all those pots and pans. I didn't want anything but you. It's God's own blessing I didn't get you.
Jerri Bonds: Why?
Jack Burns: 'Cause I'm a loner clear down deep to my guts. Know what a loner is? He's a born cripple. He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself. It's his life, the way he wants to live. It's all for him. A guy like that, he'd kill a woman like you. Because he couldn't love you, not the way you are loved.
- Crazy Creditsthe credits at the beginning of the film use a font with uppercase consonants and lower case vowels (of various sizes) , but for the names only.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
- SoundtracksOh! Susanna
Composed by Stephen Foster
One of the strengths of the movie is that it has a well developed central character. Kirk Douglas manages to create a believable cowboy, one that is stuck in the past refusing to acknowledge that the world has changed and he needs to adapt. Jack Burns is indeed a lonely cowboy because his way of seeing things is not shared by the others. The film also has the advantage of having a good screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo ("Spartacus", "Papillon"), one of the best screenwriters of his time.
This was Kirk Douglas' favorite movie of his own and you can surely tell that because he gives here one of his best performances. The acting is generally good, the roles of Walter Matthau and Gena Rowlands being worth mentioning. You can also check out George Kennedy in one of his early roles, as the brutish deputy Guttierez.
The movie may have its flaws, but it is definitely worth seeing by everyone. Due to its style and content the film also marks a transition from classical westerns to modern ones, so fans of the genre should not miss it.
My rating: 7,5/10
- RokurotaMakabe
- 23. Juni 2011
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- Budget
- 2.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 47 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.39 : 1