Name: The Defiant Ones
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1958
Rating: 71.20666666666668
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr.

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One of the great ones!

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

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Genres: Buddy Film
Mood: EmotionalTenseGrittyHopelessBleak
Themes: SurvivalFriendshipRedemptionMan Vs. NatureClass StruggleBetrayal
Plot: Prison BreakSelf-SacrificeEscaping CaptivityMoral DilemmasHumanizing CriminalsUnlikely PartnershipRace Against TimeStruggle For Freedom
Pacing: Fast-PacedBuilding SuspenseReal-Time
Narrative: Real-Time NarrativeEpisodic Structure
Dialog: Poetic LanguageIntense Monologues
Character Types: EverymanProtectorAnti-Hero
Time: 1950s
Place: Rural CountrysideSouthern United States
Cinematic Style: Handheld Camera WorkFirst-Person PerspectiveLong TakesBlack And White Cinematography
Costume and Set: Prison SetsPeriod-Accurate Costumes

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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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