6.9
“One of the great ones!”
The Defiant Ones (1958)
August 14, 19581h 36mEN
7.1
316 votes
Overview
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Director
Stanley KramerWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Curtleigh ProductionsStanley Kramer ProductionsUnited Artists
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7.0"Joker" (Tony Curtis) and "Cullen" (Sidney Poitier) are chained together on a prison bus when it has an accident. Seeing a chance, and despite the fact that they pretty much loathe each other, they abscond and plan to jump a train to escape. As they flee, they gradually learn to respect - even like - each other before arriving at a smallholding where they befriend the woman (Cara Williams) who lives there with her young son "Billy" (Kevin Coughlin). After a few days, it becomes clear that she and "Joker" have taken a bit of a shine to each other, and so she concocts a plan to drive the now sep…
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