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The Defiant Ones

19587.1 / 1096 min

Crime, Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Overview

One of the great ones!

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

Cast

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Noah Cullen

Theodore Bikel

Theodore Bikel

Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Big Sam

King Donovan

King Donovan

Solly

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Mack

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Editor

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Lou Gans

Carl Switzer

Carl Switzer

Angus

Kevin Coughlin

Kevin Coughlin

Billy

Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Billy's mother

Ned Glass

Ned Glass

Doctor

Nedrick Young

Nedrick Young

Prison Guard

Crew

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold

Original Music Composer

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Director

Frederic Knudtson

Editor

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Sam Leavitt

Sam Leavitt

Director of Photography

Clem Beauchamp

Clem Beauchamp

Production Manager

Joseph Kish

Set Decoration

Don L. Cash

Makeup Artist

Harold Jacob Smith

Writer

Rudolph Sternad

Production Design

Alex Weldon

Special Effects

Nedrick Young

Nedrick Young

Writer

Fernando Carrere

Art Direction

Jean L. Speak

Sound Engineer

Walter Elliott

Sound Effects

Joe King

Costume Supervisor

John Franco

Script Supervisor

James Almond

Gaffer

Art Cole

Property Master

Albert Myers

Camera Operator

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director