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The Defiant Ones

One of the great ones!

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • NR
  • 1h 36m

Directed by Stanley Kramer

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 346 votes

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Overview

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

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Cast and crew

  • Tony Curtis

    Tony CurtisJohn 'Joker' Jackson

  • Sidney Poitier

    Sidney PoitierNoah Cullen

  • Theodore Bikel

    Theodore BikelSheriff Max Muller

  • Charles McGraw

    Charles McGrawCapt. Frank Gibbons

  • Lon Chaney Jr.

    Lon Chaney Jr.Big Sam

  • King Donovan

    King DonovanSolly

  • Claude Akins

    Claude AkinsMack

  • Lawrence Dobkin

    Lawrence DobkinEditor

  • Whit Bissell

    Whit BissellLou Gans

  • Carl Switzer

    Carl SwitzerAngus

  • Kevin Coughlin

    Kevin CoughlinBilly

  • Cara Williams

    Cara WilliamsBilly's mother

  • Ned Glass

    Ned GlassDoctor

  • Nedrick Young

    Nedrick YoungPrison Guard

Director
Stanley Kramer
Writer
Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young
Music
Ernest Gold
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt