The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
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Plot.
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
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Cast & Crew.
![Tony Curtis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10512-tony-curtis.webp)
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
![Sidney Poitier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3015-sidney-poitier.webp)
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
![Cara Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40294-cara-williams.webp)
Cara Williams
Billy's Mother
![Theodore Bikel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15614-theodore-bikel.webp)
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
![Charles McGraw](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27984-charles-mcgraw.webp)
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
![Lon Chaney Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4024-lon-chaney-jr.webp)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
![King Donovan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40295-king-donovan.webp)
King Donovan
Solly
![Claude Akins](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3590-claude-akins.webp)
Claude Akins
Mack
![Lawrence Dobkin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/33762-lawrence-dobkin.webp)
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
![Carl Switzer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40296-carl-switzer.webp)
Carl Switzer
Angus
![Kevin Coughlin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40297-kevin-coughlin.webp)
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
![Whit Bissell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4441-whit-bissell.webp)
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
![Stanley Kramer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29422-stanley-kramer.webp)
Stanley Kramer
Director
![Nedrick Young](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28107-nedrick-young.webp)
Nedrick Young
Writer
![Ned Glass](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16153-ned-glass.webp)
Ned Glass
Doctor
![Harold Jacob Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harold Jacob Smith
Writer
![Ernest Gold](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/654956-ernest-gold.webp)
Ernest Gold
Composer
![Sam Leavitt](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1174521-sam-leavitt.webp)
Sam Leavitt
Cinematographer
![Frederic Knudtson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
![Rudolph Sternad](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rudolph Sternad
ProductionDesigner
![Fernando Carrere](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fernando Carrere
Art Direction
![Alex Weldon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
![Joseph Kish](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
![Don L. Cash](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don L. Cash
Makeup Artist
Media.
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Details.
Release DateAugust 14, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American adventure drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier.
The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer.
The film was highly regarded at the time of its release; it won Academy Awards for Cinematography (Black-and-White) and Original Screenplay and was nominated for seven others, including Best Picture and Best Actor for both Poitier and Curtis. Poitier won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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