The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

96 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 14, 1958

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

The Defiant Ones

96 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 14, 1958

The Defiant Ones
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers United Artists, Stanley Kramer Productions, Curtleigh Productions
Original title The Defiant Ones
Directors John Franco, Paul Helmick, Stanley Kramer
Writers Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young

Cast

Tony Curtis

as John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

as Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel

as Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

as Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Big Sam

King Donovan

as Solly

Claude Akins

as Mack

Lawrence Dobkin

as Editor

Whit Bissell

as Lou Gans

Carl Switzer

as Angus

Kevin Coughlin

as Billy

Cara Williams

as Billy's mother