Jack Burns (Kirk Douglas), contrives to get himself tossed into the same jail as old friend Paul Bondi (Michael Kane) from where he plans to bust out with his buddy. Based on Edward Abbey’s elegiac novel The Brave Cowboy and written by legendary blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, Burns’ flight for freedom on his old horse, pursued by jeeps and a helicopter, is an eloquent metaphor for the passing of the old West and its virtues. 1 DVD, 108 mins. |
