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The Defiant Ones

One of the great ones!

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  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Crime
  • Thriller

Overview

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

Keywords

  • racism
  • escape
  • freedom
  • hostility
  • racist
  • swamp
  • racial prejudice
  • black and white
  • train
  • chain gang
  • convict
  • escaped convict
  • mississippi river
  • shackles
  • man hunt
  • bias
  • south

Details

Status
Released
Release date
August 14, 1958
Original language
English
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
United Artists,Stanley Kramer Productions,Curtleigh Productions
Cast
Tony Curtis,Sidney Poitier,Theodore Bikel,Charles McGraw,Lon Chaney Jr.,King Donovan,Claude Akins,Lawrence Dobkin,Whit Bissell,Carl Switzerand 4 more
Director
Stanley Kramer
Writer
Harold Jacob Smith,Nedrick Young
Producer
Stanley Kramer
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Music
Ernest Gold
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
IMDb
tt0051525
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