The Defiant Ones (1958)

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1 hr 37 mins | Drama | Released: 1/1/1958

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Synopsis:

Two convicts - one black and the other white - escape from their chain gang in the South, and, through their whole ordeal together, learn to cooperate and put aside all their racial animosities as they try to evade the police.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1958

Director	Credit
Stanley Kramer	Director
Cast	Credit
Tony Curtis	John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier	Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel	Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw	Captain Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr	Big Sam
King Donovan	Solly
Claude Akins	Mac
Lawrence Dobkin	Lou Gans
Carl Switzer	Angus
Kevin Coughlin	Kid
Cara Williams	Woman
Production Credits	Credit
Stanley Kramer	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Curtleigh Productions	Production Company
Lomitas Productions Inc	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Writer	Credit
Nathan E Douglas	Screenplay
Harold Jacob Smith	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Fernando Carrere	Art Director - art direction
Joseph Kish	Set Decorator
Rudolph Sternad	Production Designer - production design
Film Camera	Credit
Sam Leavitt	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Chris Smith	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Ernest Gold	Music
William C Handy	Music
Production Management	Credit
Paul Helmick	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Jimmy Speak	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
Alex Weldon	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Don Cash	Makeup
Joe King	Costume Designer - costume design

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