The Defiant Ones
1958 · ★ 7.1 · Dir. Stanley Kramer
One of the great ones!
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
- Released
- 1958-08-14
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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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
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
Cara Williams
Billy's mother
Keywords
EscapeFreedomSwampHostilityRacial prejudiceMississippi riverTrainConvictRacismEscaped convictRacistMan huntShacklesBiasChain gangSouth
