The Defiant Ones (1958)
14/08/1958
Crime, Drama, Action, Adventure
1h 36m
- 71% (283 votes)
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One of the great ones!
Overview
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
- Stanley KramerDirector
- Harold Jacob SmithWriter
- Nedrick YoungWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- escape
- mississippi river
- freedom
- hostility
- swamp
- bias
- racist
- escaped convict
- chain gang
- man hunt
- racism
- train
- convict
- racial prejudice
- shackles
- south
Top Billed Cast
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
King Donovan
Solly
Claude Akins
Mack
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
Carl Switzer
Angus
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The Defiant Ones (47%)
MacBeth (41%)
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