The Defiant Ones

Name: The Defiant Ones
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1958
Rating: 71.23833333333334
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr.

1958·Movie

1h 36min

Ratings

71/100

My ScoreNot Rated

7.6

69|7.3

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Not available to stream in (flatrate)

About

One of the great ones!

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

DNA

Genres: Buddy Film
Mood: HopelessGrittyEmotionalBleakTense
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
RedemptionSurvivalBetrayalClass StruggleFriendshipMan Vs. Nature
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Prison BreakEscaping CaptivitySelf-SacrificeRace Against TimeUnlikely PartnershipMoral DilemmasChain GangStruggle For Freedom
Pacing: Fast-PacedBuilding SuspenseReal-Time
Narrative: Episodic StructureReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Intense MonologuesPoetic Language
Character Types: ProtectorAnti-HeroEveryman
Time: 1950s
Place: Rural CountrysideSouthern United States
Cinematic Style: Long TakesHandheld Camera WorkBlack And White CinematographyFirst-Person Perspective
Costume and Set: Prison SetsPeriod-Accurate Costumes

Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Stanley Kramer, Sam Leavitt, Paul Helmick

Written by:

Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith

Produced by:

Stanley Kramer

Composed by:

Ernest Gold

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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