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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.

19621h 47mNRWestern, Drama

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About Lonely are the Brave

Directors
David Miller
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Michael Kane, Carroll O'Connor, William Schallert
Genres
Western, Drama
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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