What is Lonely Are the Brave / Cowboy about?

Name: Lonely Are the Brave / Cowboy
Genre: Drama

LONELY ARE THE BRAVE, 1962, Universal, 107 min. David Miller directed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s hymn to individual freedom. Kirk Douglas is a footloose cowboy, not adverse to cutting through barbwire fences. His uncompromising spirit is challenged when he breaks jail, and the entire police force tries to recapture him. Walter Matthau is the pursuing sheriff who has a begrudging admiration for the fugitive, and Gena Rowlands is Douglas’ friend. COWBOY, 1958, Sony Repertory, 92 min. Dir. Delmer Daves. A realistic western starring Glenn Ford as a broke cattle boss who has to take on hotel clerk, Jack Lemmon, as a drover and financial partner. Characters are well-drawn, including Brian Donlevy as an ill-fated ex-marshall. Seeing this on the big screen is the only way to appreciate Charles Lawton, Jr.’s widescreen cinematography. Written by Dalton Trumbo and Edmund North.

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What is Lonely Are the Brave / Cowboy about?: LONELY ARE THE BRAVE, 1962, Universal, 107 min. David Miller directed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s hymn to individual freedom. Kirk Douglas is a footloose cowboy, not adverse to cutting through barbwire fences. His uncompromising spirit is challenged when he breaks jail, and the entire police force tries to recapture him. Walter Matthau is the pursuing sheriff who has a begrudging admiration for the fugitive, and Gena Rowlands is Douglas’ friend.

COWBOY, 1958, Sony Repertory, 92 min. Dir. Delmer Daves. A realistic western starring Glenn Ford as a broke cattle boss who has to take on hotel clerk, Jack Lemmon, as a drover and financial partner. Characters are well-drawn, including Brian Donlevy as an ill-fated ex-marshall. Seeing this on the big screen is the only way to appreciate Charles Lawton, Jr.’s widescreen cinematography. Written by Dalton Trumbo and Edmund North.