Lonely are the Brave (1962)

Name: Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Duration: 1 h 47 min

1hr 47m

1hr 47m
3.9/5 (1.5K)
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A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend. More Details »

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Director:

David Miller

Producer:

Edward Lewis

Writer:

Dalton Trumbo, Edward Abbey

Release Date:

May 24, 1962

Runtime:

1hr 47m

Synopsis

A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

Cast

Kirk Douglas
Gena Rowlands
Walter Matthau
Michael Kane
Carroll O'Connor
William Schallert
George Kennedy
Karl Swenson
William Mims
Martin Garralaga

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3.9

RATINGS 35 FANS

3.9

Jun 5, 2026

We had a great time tonight introducing the great Lonely Are the Brave to kick off Bleak Week at the Paris Theatre! Thanks everyone for coming out! Lots of Bleak Week left to celebrate! https://www.paristheaternyc.com/series/bleak-week-new-york-2026

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carrieandtracy

Jun 5, 2026

Chekov's Carroll O'Connor

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David Sims

May 23, 2026

Hey! We’re introducing this movie at The Paris Theater on Friday June 5! Come join us and see it on the big screen! Beautiful 35mm print! Underrated masterpiece! Bleak Week, baby! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/lonely-are-the-brave-bleak-week

161 Likes

carrieandtracy
Apr 10, 2021

“Lonely Are the Brave” captures the moment when riding into the sunset of the West became a jailbreak. Kirk Douglas called “Brave” the best out of all his films, and the script - penned by the formerly black-listed Dalton Trumbo - the most perfect screenplay he’d ever…

171 Likes

theriverjordan

Aug 16, 2025

“you grew up on me — i just changed.” Oh man, I loved this – broke my heart just right. Overwhelmed by the tonality, by the way the story unfolds – the subtle human drama running beneath it all, and the stunning cinematography carrying it forward. Jack Burns, a misfit…

138 Likes

Tim Fehrenbach

Jul 6, 2018

Lonely are the Brave opens as a standard Western with a cowboy sleeping on the ground near his horse, but then we hear jet engines and we know this isn't the Old West, but a contemporary Western. It's based on a book called Brave Cowboy by Edward Abbey. Kirk Douglas…

78 Likes

RetroHound
Sep 22, 2023

the police locked-up all the cowboys in jail, arrested on charges of rowdiness and drunkenness and trespassing on private property -- all in the name of 'public safety'. safety from what? from the myth of freedom, the belief that you could be an individual, beholden to no…

70 Likes

comrade_yui

Nov 2, 2017

Kirk Douglas once cited Lonely Are the Brave as his favourite film and I can see why even though it would be nowhere near the top of the list of his films for me. I stumbled into this one assuming it was just going to be a traditional ‘Wild West’ era western - and then…

66 Likes

🇵🇱 Steve G 🐝

Jul 15, 2022

Cinematic Time Capsule 1962 Marathon - Film #26 ”Don’t get into any trouble” “Trouble’s what I came here to fix up” The old west smashes head-on with the modern-day 60’s! As Kirk Douglas portrays one of the last rebel cowboys who breaks himself into jail,…

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