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The Defiant Ones (1958)
7.7
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director:Stanley Kramer |
96 min - 
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Cast
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| Tony Curtis | ... | ||
| Sidney Poitier | ... | ||
| Theodore Bikel | ... | ||
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Charles McGraw | ... |
Capt. Frank Gibbons
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| Lon Chaney Jr. | ... |
Big Sam
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King Donovan | ... |
Solly
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Claude Akins | ... |
Mack
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Lawrence Dobkin | ... |
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Whit Bissell | ... |
Lou Gans
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| Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | ... |
Angus
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Kevin Coughlin | ... | |
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Cara Williams | ... | |
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Storyline
Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts on a chain gang who hate each other. After a truck prison accident, they flee and are pursued by the police. While they're chained, the two are dependent on one another. When they eventually get rid of their chains, their hostility has been changed into fellowship and respect. Written by Tony Kessen <rhkessen@cs.vu.nl>
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Country:
USALanguage:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Flucht in Ketten See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(Turner library print) (copyright length)Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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Adapted from "Long Gone (From Bowlin' Green)" (1920)
Music by W.C. Handy (as William C. Handy)
Words by Chris Smith
Sung a cappella by Sidney Poitier (uncredited) several times See more »
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The film's co-writers, Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, were cast as the prison truck drivers, with the writing credits below their faces, because Young was blacklisted and writing under a pseudonym at the time and producer Stanley Kramer wanted to identify them truthfully. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: As John and Noah are swept downriver together, a person is seen on the shore moving into the top of frame, watching the two men. See more »Soundtracks
"Long Gone"Adapted from "Long Gone (From Bowlin' Green)" (1920)
Music by W.C. Handy (as William C. Handy)
Words by Chris Smith
Sung a cappella by Sidney Poitier (uncredited) several times See more »
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