---
title: 'Lonely Are the Brave (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kirk Douglas'
released: '1962-05-24'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lonely-are-the-brave-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lonely Are the Brave (1962)

1962 · 107 min · Drama, Western · United States


## Synopsis

Lonely Are the Brave is a 1962 American black and white Western film adaptation of the 1956 Edward Abbey novel The Brave Cowboy directed by David Miller from a screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas), [David Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-miller)
- **Screenplay:** [Dalton Trumbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalton-trumbo), [Edward Abbey](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-abbey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Edward Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lewis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philip H. Lathrop](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-h-lathrop)

## Cast

- [William Schallert](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-schallert)
- [Kirk Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirk-douglas)
- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Carroll O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-o-connor)
- [George Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-kennedy)
- [Gena Rowlands](https://cinepixo.com/people/gena-rowlands)
- [Bill Raisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-raisch)
- [Harry Lauter](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-lauter)
- [Karl Swenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-swenson)
- [Bill Bixby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-bixby)

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