‘The Lonely Man’: Western Reflections on Bonds That Endure

A Western deals with psychological studies of men regretful of their past but hopeful for the future.

Jacob (Jack Palance, L) and Riley Wade (Anthony Perkins) hit the trail together, in “The Lonely Man.” Paramount Pictures

NR | 1h 28m | Drama, Western | 1957

The Western genre has long carried a fascination with reinvention. There are many tales of men drifting westward to carve out new lives, sometimes fleeing the past, and sometimes chasing an imagined future. They also might return to a place they thought they’d permanently left behind.