1962 · western · drama
Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
Directed by David Miller1h 47m1962
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.
Our read: Lonely Are the Brave (1962) (1962) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded western · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured western / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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