History Film / LonelyAreTheBrave

* ChekhovsGunman: Early in the film, we are introduced to Hinton, a truck driver transporting 156 porcelain toilets (or "privies" as he describes them) from Missouri to New Mexico. He appears in a few further cutaway scenes, but his importance to the plot only becomes clear in the final sequence, when [[spoiler:his 18-wheeler strikes Jack as he tries to cross Highway 66 on horseback in a downpour, dealing a literal and figurative blow from the modern world that Jack has stubbornly refused to join all his life]].

* WorthyOpponent: Jack spends most of the second half of the film being pursued by the police of Duke City. Johnson finds himself admiring Jack's tenacity, not just in somehow avoiding the every attempt by his men to bring him to justice, but in continuing to live the life of an Old West cowboy in 1962, refusing to let anyone or anything tie him down; the fact that Burns is a Korean War veteran who received the Purple Heart deepens his respect. In the final scene, [[spoiler:after Jack is hit by an 18-wheeler, Johnson finally sees Burns up close for the first time and is asked if he is the man they have been pursuing; Johnson feigns uncertanity]].

Douglas later named ''Lonely Are the Brave'' his favorite among his own films. It also provides the first film role for Creator/BillBixby, who makes an uncredited appearance as a helicopter pilot, and one of the first film roles for Creator/CarrollOConnor, who plays 18-wheeler driver Hinton.

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''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 {{Western}} drama directed by David Miller. It features a script by Creator/DaltonTrumbo, adapted from Edward Abbey's novel ''The Brave Cowboy'', and a score by Music/JerryGoldsmith.

Jack Burns (Creator/KirkDouglas) is an itinerant ranch hand who still lives the life of an Old West cowboy in 1960s New Mexico, shunning modern technology, riding everywhere on his horse Whiskey, sleeping wherever he ends up in the evening, and refusing to carry any form of identification. As the film opens, Jack visits Jerry Bondi (Creator/GenaRowlands), the wife of his friend Paul (Michael Kane), who has been jailed for aiding illegal immigrants, and vents his spleen about modern society's emphasis on telling people where they can or can't go and what they can or can't do.

Jack decides to break Paul out of jail and gets himself arrested, but Paul is near the end of his sentence and would rather serve it out and return to his family, so Jack breaks out alone. He heads for the Mexican border, pursued by Duke City Sheriff Morey Johnson (Creator/WalterMatthau) and his deputies, the none-too-bright Harry (William Schallert) and the brutish Gutierrez (Creator/GeorgeKennedy). Although the odds seem stacked against him, Jack manages to give them the slip, but as he attempts to cross Highway 66 in Tijeras Canyon, the modern world is about to catch up with him...

Douglas named ''Lonely Are the Brave'' his favourite of his own films. It also provides the first film role of Creator/BillBixby, who makes an uncredited appearance as a helicopter pilot, and one of the first film roles of Carroll O'Connor, who plays 18-wheeler driver Hinton.

* WardensAreEvil: Guitierez the jail guard is a quick-fisted bully and the only deputy to rally receive a negative portrayal in the film.

* TheMilestone: Jack's horse Whiskey, who makes Jack more visible to his searchers, also makes it harder for him to climb over the mountain and is generally disobedient and always moving around or stopping at the wrong times.

Douglas named ''Lonely Are the Brave'' his favorite of his own films. It also provides the first film role of Creator/BillBixby, who makes an uncredited appearance as a helicopter pilot, and one of the first film roles of Carroll O'Connor, who plays 18-wheeler driver Hinton.

Jack decides to break Paul out of jail and gets himself arrested, but Paul is near the end of his sentence and would rather serve it out and return to his family, so Jack breaks out alone. He heads for the Mexican border, pursued by Duke City Sheriff Morey Johnson (Creator/WalterMatthau), his none-too-bright deputy Harry (William Schallert), and brutish deputy Gutierrez (Creator/GeorgeKennedy). Although the odds seem stacked against him, he manages to give them the slip, but as he attempts to cross Highway 66 in Tijeras Canyon, the modern world is about to catch up with him...

Jack Burns (Creator/KirkDouglas) is an itinerant ranch hand who still lives the life of an Old West cowboy in 1960s New Mexico, riding everywhere on his horse Whiskey, sleeping wherever he ends up in the evening, shunning modern technology, and having no form of identification. As the film opens, Jack visits Jerry Bondi (Creator/GenaRowlands), the wife of his friend Paul (Michael Kane), who has been jailed for aiding illegal immigrants, and vents his spleen about modern society's emphasis on telling people where they can or can't go and what they can or can't do.

Jack Burns (Creator/KirkDouglas) is an itinerant ranch hand who still lives the life of an Old West cowboy in 1960s New Mexico, riding everywhere on his horse, Whiskey, sleeping wherever he ends up in the evening, shunning modern technology, and having no form of identification. As the film opens, Jack visits Jerry Bondi (Creator/GenaRowlands), the wife of his friend Paul (Michael Kane), who has been jailed for aiding illegal immigrants, and vents his spleen about modern society's emphasis on telling people where they can or can't go and what they can or can't do.

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Douglas named ''Lonely Are the Brave'' his favourite of his own films. It also provides the first film role of Creator/BillBixby, who makes an uncredited appearance as a helicopter pilot, and one of the first film roles of Carroll O'Connor, who plays 18-wheeler driver Hinton.

Jack Burns (Creator/KirkDouglas) is an itinerant ranch hand who still lives the life of an Old West cowboy in 1960s New Mexico, riding everywhere on his horse, Whiskey, sleeping wherever he ends up in the evening, shunning modern technology, and having no form of identification. As the film opens, Jack visits Jerry Bondi (Gena Rowlands), the wife of his friend Paul, who has been jailed for aiding illegal immigrants, and vents his spleen about modern society's emphasis on telling people where they can or can't go and what they can or can't do.

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''Lonely Are the Brave'' is a 1962 western directed by David Miller. It features a script by Creator/DaltonTrumbo, adapted from Edward Abbey's novel ''The Brave Cowboy'', and a score by Music/JerryGoldsmith.

Jack Burns (Creator/KirkDouglas) is an itinerant ranch hand who still lives the life of an Old West cowboy in the 1960s, riding everywhere on his horse, Whiskey, sleeping wherever he ends up in the evening, shunning modern technology, and having no form of identification. As the film opens, Jack visits Jerry Bondi (Gena Rowlands), the wife of his friend Paul, who has been jailed for aiding illegal immigrants, and vents his spleen about modern society's emphasis on telling people where they can or can't go and what they can or can't do.

Douglas named ''Lonely Are the Brave'' his favourite of his own films. It also provides the first film role of Creator/BillBixby, who makes an uncredited appearance as a helicopter pilot.

* VerbalTic: Johnson's deputy, Harry, has a habit of repeating the last word or several words of any order or rhetorical question from his boss, followed by "Right!" Johnson tells him several times to knock it off, but to no avail.