The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

One of the great ones!

7.1(296 votes)
1958
1h 36m
Crime
Drama
Action
Adventure
Thriller

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

Production

Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists

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

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