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Lonely Are the Brave

  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 1h 47m
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7.6/10
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Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, Michael Kane, William Schallert, and Bronze Star in Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
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A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

  • Director
    • David Miller
  • Writers
    • Dalton Trumbo
    • Edward Abbey
  • Stars
    • Kirk Douglas
    • Gena Rowlands
    • Walter Matthau
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    9.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo
      • Edward Abbey
    • Stars
      • Kirk Douglas
      • Gena Rowlands
      • Walter Matthau
    • 122User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Kirk Douglas at an event for Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
    Kirk Douglas at an event for Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
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    Bronze Star in Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
    Bronze Star in Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
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    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • John W. "Jack" Burns
    Gena Rowlands
    Gena Rowlands
    • Jerry Bondi
    Walter Matthau
    Walter Matthau
    • Sheriff Morey Johnson
    Michael Kane
    Michael Kane
    • Paul Bondi
    Carroll O'Connor
    Carroll O'Connor
    • Hinton
    William Schallert
    William Schallert
    • Harry
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
    Karl Swenson
    Karl Swenson
    • Rev. Hoskins
    William Mims
    William Mims
    • First Deputy Arraigning Burns
    • (as Bill Mims)
    Martin Garralaga
    Martin Garralaga
    • Old Man
    Lalo Rios
    • Prisoner
    John Barton
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Beltram
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Audrey Betz
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Bixby
    Bill Bixby
    • Airman in Helicopter
    • (uncredited)
    Eumenio Blanco
    Eumenio Blanco
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Oscar Blank
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Don Carlos
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Miller
    • Writers
      • Dalton Trumbo
      • Edward Abbey
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    • Trivia
      After 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.
    • Goofs
      If 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.
    • Quotes

      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 credits
      the 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh! Susanna
      Composed by Stephen Foster

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    8/10
    The original "First Blood".
    Lonely Are the Brave (1962) is a film about a man who's content with life on the open range. He's the last of his kind, the wandering cowboy. The problem is the open range is disappearing around him. A guy like that can't live off the land anymore because there's no land for him to live off of. Everywhere he goes the land is either owned or forbidden for him to enter. Kirk Douglas stars as the last cowboy who just can't get it into his head how much the times have changed. Especially when he tries to rescue his good friend from the local jail. This causes more trouble than he can comprehend.

    What's so funny about this movie is how much of the story, scenes and situations were later used in it's quasi-remake "First Blood". The basic story line and his troubles with the law are quite similar. Walter Matthau and Gena Rowlands co-star in this awesome film about a dying way of life. I saw this film several years ago on Turner Classic Movies. It's a sad tribute to the old west.

    Highly enjoyable and recommended.

    P.S. Gena Rowlands looks pretty good in this picture!
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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Last Cowboy
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production company
      • Joel Productions
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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