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Lonely Are the Brave
Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 Western drama film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel "The Brave Cowboy". The film was directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo.
It stars Kirk Douglas as cowboy Jack Burns, Gena Rowlands as his best friend's wife and Walter Matthau as a sheriff who sympathises with Burns but must do his job and chase him down. It also featured an early score by composer Jerry Goldsmith. Douglas felt that this was his favorite film.
of the same name)
- "The Last Sunset", 1961
- "Town Without Pity", 1961
- "Lonely are the Brave", 1962
- "The Sandpiper", 1965
- "Hawaii", 1966 (based on the novel by James Michener, 1959)
- "The Fixer", 1968
- "Johnny Got His Gun", 1971 (also directed)
- "The Horsemen", 1971
- "F.T.A.", 1972
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