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.

Western Drama

Kirk Douglas

(John W. "Jack" Burns)

Gena Rowlands

(Jerry Bondi)

Walter Matthau

(Sheriff Morey Johnson)

Michael Kane

(Paul Bondi)

Carroll O'Connor

(Hinton)

William Schallert

(Harry)

George Kennedy

(Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez)

Karl Swenson

(Rev. Hoskins)

William Mims

(First Deputy Arraigning Burns)

Martín Garralaga

(Old Man)

Lalo Rios

(Prisoner)

John Barton

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Ray Beltram

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Audrey Betz

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Bill Bixby

(Airman in Helicopter (uncredited))

Eumenio Blanco

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Oscar Blank

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Don Carlos

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

George Keymas

(Deputy)

Harry Lauter

(Deputy in Canyon)

Bill Raisch

(One Arm)

Vince St. Cyr

(Navajo Prisoner Who Escapes)

David O. McCall

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Dan Sheridan

(Deputy Glynn)

Rudy Germane

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))