KIRK DOUGLAS finds trouble wherever he goes in LONELY ARE THE BRAVE--beaten up by a one-armed man in a bar fight, confronting police officers with his fists, landing in jail, escaping and finding himself taking a beating from tough jailer GEORGE KENNEDY.
He takes time out for some sweet talk with GENA ROWLANDS (her debut), before getting on horseback and evading his pursuers. That's where the brutal punishment continues--as he takes his horse into the high country among rugged hillsides and winding paths along cliffs to avoid the posse of police cars and helicopters looking for him.
The movie ends on a grim note when truck driver CARROLL O'CONNOR meets up with horse and rider on a dark rainy night. There's a turnabout at the end where WALTER MATTHAU, relentlessly hunting him up until that point, decides not to identify him for the authorities--figuring he's had punishment enough by this time.
So has the audience. But it's a fascinating glimpse at the troublesome life of a stubborn cowboy who railed against all the rules of life.
Trivia note: Understandably, KIRK DOUGLAS considers it one of his favorite films.
He takes time out for some sweet talk with GENA ROWLANDS (her debut), before getting on horseback and evading his pursuers. That's where the brutal punishment continues--as he takes his horse into the high country among rugged hillsides and winding paths along cliffs to avoid the posse of police cars and helicopters looking for him.
The movie ends on a grim note when truck driver CARROLL O'CONNOR meets up with horse and rider on a dark rainy night. There's a turnabout at the end where WALTER MATTHAU, relentlessly hunting him up until that point, decides not to identify him for the authorities--figuring he's had punishment enough by this time.
So has the audience. But it's a fascinating glimpse at the troublesome life of a stubborn cowboy who railed against all the rules of life.
Trivia note: Understandably, KIRK DOUGLAS considers it one of his favorite films.