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.

Kirk Douglas

(John W. "Jack" Burns)

Gena Rowlands

Walter Matthau

(Sheriff Morey Johnson)

Michael Kane

Carroll O'Connor

William Schallert

George Kennedy

(Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez)

Karl Swenson

William Mims

(First Deputy Arraigning Burns)

Martín Garralaga

Lalo Rios

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))

Jimmy Casino

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Albert Cavens

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Jess Cavin

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Mike De Anda

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Jimmy Dime

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Gil Frye

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Don Gazzaniga

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Marv Goux

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Harry Hines

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Tex Holden

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Foster Hood

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.

(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

George Keymas

(Deputy (uncredited))

Harry Lauter

(Deputy in Canyon (uncredited))

Jack Lilley

(Prisoner (uncredited))

David O. McCall

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Mathew McCue

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Clyde McLeod

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Daniel Nunez

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Robert Perry

(Truck Driver (uncredited))

Bill Raisch

(One Armed Man (uncredited))

Sam Savitsky

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Bernard Sell

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Dan Sheridan

(Deputy Glynn (uncredited))

Ray Spiker

(Convict (uncredited))

Vincent St. Cyr

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Bronze Star

(Whiskey (uncredited))

Robert Strong

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Jack Tornek

(Observer at Accident (uncredited))

Rosa Turich

(Proprietor (uncredited))

Charles Wagenheim

(Vagrant Convict (uncredited))

Dan White

(Convict (uncredited))

Roque Ybarra

(Bar Patron (uncredited))