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Poignant western about a cowboy who believes that laws are made to be broken. Jack Burns, a man out of step with his time and one of the last of the real cowboys, takes on an encroaching modern world of jeeps and helicopters when he breaks out of jail in an act of defiance embodying the spirit of the Old West. Written by Dalton Trumbo, from a novel by Edward Abbey.

Keywords:

Drama, Western, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1962) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Kirk Douglas	.... John W. "Jack" Burns
Gena Rowlands	.... Jerry Bondi
Walter Matthau	.... Sheriff Morey Johnson
Michael Kane	.... Paul Bondi
Carroll O'Connor	.... Hinton
William Schallert	.... Harry

Supporting Cast:

George Kennedy	.... Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Karl Swenson	.... Rev. Hoskins
William Mims	.... First deputy
Martin Garralaga	.... Old man
Lalo Rios	.... Prisoner

Directors:

David Miller

Writers:

Edward Abbey
Dalton Trumbo