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The Defiant Ones (1958)

One of the great ones!

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Adventure
  • Thriller

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

Rating
7.2 / 10 (345 votes)
Release date
August 14, 1958
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
English
Director
Stanley Kramer
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Tony CurtisJohn 'Joker' Jackson
  • Sidney PoitierNoah Cullen
  • Theodore BikelSheriff Max Muller
  • Charles McGrawCapt. Frank Gibbons
  • Lon Chaney Jr.Big Sam
  • King DonovanSolly
  • Claude AkinsMack
  • Lawrence DobkinEditor
  • Whit BissellLou Gans
  • Carl SwitzerAngus
  • Kevin CoughlinBilly
  • Cara WilliamsBilly's mother

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