The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr. Ivan Dixon was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier
The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Dougl...
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The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr. Ivan Dixon was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier
The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It was directed by Stanley Kramer.
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, of the Our Gang comedies, has a small role. It was his last before his death.
Two prisoners in the American South, African-American Noah Cullen (Poitier) and John "Joker" Jackson (Curtis), escape from a chain gang. Despite their mutual loathing, they are forced to cooperate, as they are chained together. Gradually, they begin to respect and like each other.
Cullen and Joker flee through difficult terrain and weather, with a brief stop at a village where they attempt to break into a...
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