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About
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Theatrical
Sep 24, 1958
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 11, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Producer
Music
Studio
Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Quotes
See all →Celebrating Greatness in The Defiant Ones
Taglines
One of the great ones!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Opposites Attract in Unlikely Partnerships
Taglines
They couldn't like each other less. They couldn't need each other more.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →T
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
S
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
T
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
C
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
L
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
K
King Donovan
Solly
C
Claude Akins
Mack
L
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
W
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
C
Carl Switzer
Angus
K
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
C
Cara Williams
Billy's mother
N
Ned Glass
Doctor
N
Nedrick Young
Prison Guard
