The Defiant Ones (1958)

7.2/10 • 96 min • Crime Drama Adventure Thriller

Overview

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

Cast

Tony Curtis

John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel

Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

Big Sam

King Donovan

Solly

Claude Akins

Mack

Lawrence Dobkin

Editor

Whit Bissell

Lou Gans

Carl Switzer

Angus

Kevin Coughlin

Billy

Cara Williams

Billy's mother

Ned Glass

Doctor

Nedrick Young

Prison Guard

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