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Lonely are the brave6/24/2023 Douglas himself seems to agree since he described his character in Lonely Are the Brave as pure and good. Douglas's character throughout is a portrayed as a tough, strong willed individual, not one that treats others brutally out of sadistic glee. The horse is shot and Douglas goes to the hospital. Douglas is on the verge of getting away when he and his horse are injured. Law enforcement proceeds to chase after Douglas. Douglas breaks out of jail, and rides off into the hills on his horse. Douglas gets himself thrown into jail on purpose so he can break his friend's husband out of jail. He finds out that her husband is in jail for giving aid to illegal Mexican immigrants. The basic plot line as I recall was Douglas goes to visit a friend. Some of those elements were present (shootouts) in Lonely Are the Brave, but they were greatly subdued in comparison. I haven't seen the movie for years, but based on my recollection I don't understand why this movie would be considered "brutal" and "sadistic." Were people reacting to the horse being shot at the end, or something else? This seems especially strange since most Westerns generally involved killing scores of Native Americans and/or big shootouts. In his memoir Conversations with Kennedy, Ben Bradlee wrote, "Jackie read off the list of what was available, and the President selected the one we had all unanimously voted against, a brutal, sadistic little Western called Lonely Are the Brave." Kennedy watched the movie in the White House in November 1962. I was surprised to see this quote on it's Wikipedia page (emphasis mine): Temper like that, one of these days you’ll find yourself riding through town, belly to the sun, best suit on and no place to go but hell.I personally really love the Kirk Douglas movie Lonely Are the Brave. Jack Burns to prison guard: “Take it easy. Inmate: “Then how come you’re in here, reverend.” Preacher: “Ah, the temptations of the flesh. Her name is Do What You Want to Do and the Hell with Everybody Else. Kind of a wild-eyed little mountain girl. However, when he's on the other side of the jail cell saying goodbye to Paul (Michael Kane), he reaches behind him and puts his cowboy hat on. Jack Burns, taking to Jerry Bondi about her husband, Paul: “Maybe he had to have one more fling with her before the old man with the white hair moves in.” When Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas) is about to break out of jail, he didn't have his hat after coming back from the beating by Gutierrez (George Kennedy). Jack Burns: “You can always keep something.” And either you go by the rules or you lose. And it’s got real borders and real fences and real laws and real trouble. The world you and Paul live in doesn’t exist. Jerry Bondi: “Jack, I’m going to tell you something. George Kennedy … Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez Gena Rowlands is Jerry Bondi, wife of the friend Burns wants to help escape Walter Matthau is the sheriff charged with bringing him in.Īnd Carroll O’Connor, in his pre-Archie Bunker days, is the driver of a truck full of portable toilets, a truck that plays a key role in the film’s poignant ending. Douglas supposedly considered it his favorite film, and one can understand why. One of the better modern Westerns you’ll find. He soon learns the friend isn’t willing to risk the longer sentence that would come with an escape conviction, so Burns breaks out alone.įrom that point on, it’s him, his horse Whiskey and his rifle against a modern day posse that can use walkie-talkies, helicopters and airplanes to help track down its prey. Upon learning that a best friend (Michael Kane as Paul Bondi) has been sentenced to two years in prison for helping illegal immigrants, Burns breaks into jail to help him break out. Kirk Douglas is Jack Burns, an individualist, a man who insists on living the wild and free life of a cowboy even in the post-World War II West in which he finds himself herding sheep more often than cattle.
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