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The Defiant Ones

"One of the great ones!"

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NR 1958 · 1h 36m
Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Starring Tony Curtis · Sidney Poitier · Theodore Bikel
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Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

Theatrical
Sep 24, 1958
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 11, 2001
Director
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Stanley Kramer
Music
Ernest Gold
Studio
Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
Keywords
mississippi river swamp hostility freedom bias escaped convict racist escape chain gang man hunt racism black and white train convict racial prejudice shackles south
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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
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Taglines One of the great ones!
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Opposites Attract in Unlikely Partnerships
Taglines They couldn't like each other less. They couldn't need each other more.
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