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The Defiant Ones (1958)
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1 hr 36 min
Sep 24th, 1958
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Crime
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Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Starring
Tony Curtis
Sidney Poitier
Theodore Bikel
Director
Stanley Kramer
Writers
Nedrick Young
Harold Jacob Smith
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Cast & Crew
T
Tony Curtis
as John 'Joker' Jackson
S
Sidney Poitier
as Noah Cullen
T
Theodore Bikel
as Sheriff Max Muller
C
Charles McGraw
as Capt. Frank Gibbons
L
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Big Sam
K
King Donovan
as Solly
S
Stanley Kramer
Director
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Stanley Kramer
Producer
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Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
S
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
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Frederic Knudtson
Editor
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Nedrick Young
Writer
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Theatrical Release:
September 24th, 1958
On DVD & Blu-ray:
December 11th, 2001
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Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Movie Tags:
racism
train
escape
freedom
swamp
escaped convict
convict
mississippi river
racial prejudice
racist
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