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        The Defiant Ones
        7.1
        (279 votes)

        The Defiant Ones

        1958
        Crime
        Drama
        Action
        Adventure
        Thriller
        1 hr 36 min

        Overview

        Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

        Creators

        Director
        Stanley Kramer
        Writer
        Nedrick Young
        Writer
        Harold Jacob Smith
        The Defiant Ones

        Cast

        Full Cast
        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
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (14/08/1958)
        Original language
        English
        Country
        Production companies
        🏃‍♂️Escape
        Mississippi river
        Freedom
        Hostility
        Swamp
        Bias
        Racist
        Escaped convict
        Chain gang
        Man hunt
        Racism
        🚉Train
        Convict
        Racial prejudice
        Shackles
        South
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