Copyright: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Joel Productions, Inc.; 20Apr62; LP24918. Copyright notice on videodisc label (DAA 1689): MCA DiscoVision, Inc. ; 1978. Copyright notice on videodisc label (DAA 2851): MCA Home Video, Inc. ; 1994. Kirk Douglas (Jack Burns), Gena Rowlands (Jerri Bondi), Walter Matthau (Sheriff Johnson), Michael Kane (Paul Bondi), Carroll O'Connor (Hinton). Viewing copy (DAA 2851) is the letterboxed copy. Possible videodisc (viewing copy, DAA 1689) reissue date from copyright notice on videodisc label; possible videodisc (viewing copy, DAA 2851) reissue date from copyright notice on videodisc label. For viewing copy (DAA 1689) two videodiscs in one videodisc jacket. LC copies are 1978? videodisc reissue (viewing copy, DAA 1689) and 1994? videodisc reissue (viewing copy, DAA 2851). DLC Summary taken from videodisc jackets. On videodisc jacket (viewing copy, DAA 1689): MCA DiscoVision no. 12-008. On videodisc jacket (viewing copy, DAA 2851): MCA/Universal Home Video 41784; ISBN 0-7832-0843-X. Based on the novel Brave cowboy by Edward Abbey. On videodisc (viewing copy, DAA 2851) with: [Lonely are the brave--trailer]; this feature and trailer not released together theatrically. Sources used: videodisc jacket and label; Catalog of copyright entries : motion pictures, 1960-1969, p. 327.
Summary:
Jack Burns is a modern cowboy caught in a contemporary world of jeeps, fences and prison. He tries to spring his friend from jail and ends up on the run alone. He pits his undying individualism against police helicopters and walkie-talkies.
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