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The Defiant Ones (1958)
"One of the great ones!"
#10,070
6,010
Movie
Audience
Score
71
Starring
Tony Curtis
Sidney Poitier
Theodore Bikel
Director
Stanley Kramer
Writers
Harold Jacob Smith
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NR
1 hr 36 min
Sep 24th, 1958
Adventure
,
Drama
,
Action
,
Thriller
,
Crime
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Plot
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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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
black and white
racism
train
escape
freedom
swamp
escaped convict
convict
mississippi river
racial prejudice
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
E
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
F
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
S
Stanley Kramer
Director
S
Stanley Kramer
Producer
S
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
H
Harold Jacob Smith
Writer
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