Movie
The Defiant Ones
1958NR1h 36m7.1 / 10
One of the great ones!
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
More about The Defiant Ones
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 DobkinEditorCredits
- Directed by
- Stanley Kramer
- Written by
- Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Curtleigh Productions
- Stanley Kramer ProductionsUnited States
United ArtistsUnited States
Themes
biasblack and whitechain gangconvictescapeescaped convictfreedomhostility
