Crime ·Drama ·Adventure ·Thriller · United States of America · 1958 · 1h 36m

The Defiant Ones

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Director
Stanley Kramer
Cast
Tony Curtis as John 'Joker' Jackson Sidney Poitier as Noah Cullen Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller Charles McGraw as Capt. Frank Gibbons Lon Chaney Jr. as Big Sam King Donovan as Solly
Crew
Sam Leavitt — Director of Photography Frederic Knudtson — Editor Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer Harold Jacob Smith — Writer Nedrick Young — Writer Stanley Kramer — Producer
Tagline

One of the great ones!

Synopsis

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

Trailer The Defiant Ones — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
escapemississippi riverfreedomhostilityswampbiasracistescaped convictchain gangman huntracismblack and white
Key Collaborators
Stanley Kramer Director Sam Leavitt Director of Photography Frederic Knudtson Editor Ernest Gold Original Music Composer Harold Jacob Smith Writer Nedrick Young Writer Stanley Kramer Producer Rudolph Sternad Production Design
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