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The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones
★ 7.2/10•1958•1h 36m•NR•Crime•Drama•Adventure
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One of the great ones!

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

Stanley Kramer · Director

Nedrick Young · Writer

Harold Jacob Smith · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 14, 1958

Actors

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Big Sam

King Donovan

King Donovan

Solly

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Mack

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Editor

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Lou Gans

Carl Switzer

Carl Switzer

Angus

Kevin Coughlin

Kevin Coughlin

Billy

Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Billy's mother

Ned Glass

Ned Glass

Doctor

Nedrick Young

Nedrick Young

Prison Guard

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