Lonely are the Brave
“Life can never cage a man like this!”
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.
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Cast
54 people
Kirk Douglas
John W. "Jack" Burns
Known for
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
Vince St. Cyr
Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes
Gena Rowlands
Jerry Bondi
Known for
The Notebook
The Skeleton Key
Walter Matthau
Sheriff Morey Johnson
Known for
Dennis the Menace
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Michael Kane
Paul Bondi
Known for
Three Days of the Condor
The Bedford Incident
Carroll O'Connor
Hinton
Known for
All in the Family
Return to Me
William Schallert
Harry
Known for
Bag of Bones
North and South
George Kennedy
Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Cool Hand Luke
Karl Swenson
Rev. Hoskins
Known for
The Sword in the Stone
Little House on the Prairie
William Mims
First Deputy Arraigning Burns
Known for
The Children's Hour
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Martín Garralaga
Old Man
Known for
The Left Handed Gun
5 Fingers
Lalo Rios
Prisoner
Known for
Touch of Evil
David Miller Director · Dalton Trumbo Screenplay Edward Abbey Author
Budget $2M · United States release May 25, 1962 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Joel Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
The Last Cowboy · Chase a Hero · The Last Hero
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 26, 1962
Theatrical · London
United States · May 25, 1962
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1985
Physical · VHS
United States
May 24, 1962 · Premiere · Houston, Texas
Australia
June 15, 1962 · Theatrical
July 16, 2021 · Physical · DVD
Finland
February 1, 1963 · Theatrical
France
August 29, 1962 · Theatrical
March 3, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
March 20, 2007 · Physical · DVD
October 15, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
October 26, 1962 · Theatrical · West Germany
October 17, 2024 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Ireland
June 22, 1962 · Theatrical
Italy
October 6, 1962 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 22, 1963 · Theatrical
December 29, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
June 4, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
South Africa
June 22, 1962 · Theatrical · Johannesburg
Spain
December 3, 1962 · Theatrical · Madrid
January 22, 1963 · Theatrical · Barcelona
Türkiye
February 9, 1963 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 21, 1962 · Theatrical
January 21, 2013 · Physical · DVD
March 3, 2022 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival
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