Lonely are the Brave

About Lonely are the Brave

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.

David Miller's Lonely are the Brave is a 1962 western film. Its themes are male friendship, horse, on the run, and sheriff.

Kirk Douglas appears as John W. "Jack" Burns, Gena Rowlands as Jerry Bondi, Walter Matthau as Sheriff Morey Johnson, and Michael Kane as Paul Bondi. At 107 minutes long, it arrived in April 1962.

The screenplay is by Dalton Trumbo. The story is adapted from a novel.

The 39 Steps, Silverado, and A Man Escaped make useful companions to Lonely are the Brave, all filed under black and white and fugitive. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 175 votes.