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Oct 07, 2014lukasevansherman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Based on the novel "The Brave Cowboy" by Edward Abbey, this is a fine example of a western set in modern times. Other examples include "Hud," "The Misfits," "The Last Picture Show," and "Coogan's Bluff." Kirk Douglas, in a role he claimed to be his favorite, plays a iconoclastic, loner cowboy who just wants to be free, but gets tangled up with the law and has to break out of jail and head to Mexico. Walter Matthau plays a sympathetic sheriff, George Kennedy a sadistic cop, Caroll O' Connor (Archie Bunker) a truck driver, and Gena Rowlands the wife of a close friend. Beautifully shot in black and white, well acted, and a poignant lament for the vanishing west and the plight of the individual, this was unavailable on DVD for a long time, but should now take its rightful place as a rediscovered classic. Features a short doc. with Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Michael Douglas, and Steven Spielberg. Fun fact: the one-armed man who fights with Douglas in the bar was really one-armed and was in "The Fugitive."