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The Defiant Ones

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The Defiant Ones

One of the great ones!

7.1

1h 36m

1958

“One of the great ones!”

Synopsis

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

Director

Stanley Kramer

Trailer

CrimeDramaAdventureThriller

escapemississippi riverfreedomhostilityswampbiasracistescaped convictchain gangman huntracismblack and white

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Cast & Crew

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

as John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

as Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

as Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Big Sam

King Donovan

King Donovan

as Solly

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

as Mack

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

as Editor

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

as Lou Gans

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