# Lonely are the Brave (1962)

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**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Drama, Western
**Directed by**: David Miller
**Written by**: Dalton Trumbo
**Starring**: Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane, Carroll O'Connor, William Schallert

> *Life can never cage a man like this!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Jake Grafton meets On the Waterfront without the guilt. A modern cowboy stages his own arrest to bust out his old war buddy before the new interstate swallows them whole. Kirk Douglas carries the lone wolf’s creed into the age of asphalt.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn

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