The Defiant Ones (1958) 7.7
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director:Stanley Kramer |
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The Defiant Ones (1958) 7.7
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Director:Stanley Kramer |
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Tony Curtis | ... | ||
Sidney Poitier | ... | ||
Theodore Bikel | ... | ||
Charles McGraw | ... |
Capt. Frank Gibbons
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Lon Chaney Jr. | ... |
Big Sam
(as Lon Chaney)
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King Donovan | ... |
Solly
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Claude Akins | ... |
Mack
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Lawrence Dobkin | ... |
Editor
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Whit Bissell | ... |
Lou Gans
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Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | ... |
Angus
(as Carl Switzer)
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Kevin Coughlin | ... | ||
Cara Williams | ... |
When the truck that is transporting convicts has an accident on the road, the inmates John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen that are chained to each other escape. They hate each other but they need to help each other to succeed in their intent of going north to jump in a train and reach freedom. Meanwhile the humane Sheriff Max Muller organizes a posse to track them down in a civilized manner and respecting justice. Joker and Cullen reach a small farm where a lonely woman helps them to get rid of their chains. She offers to drive her car with Joker and her son Billy while Cullen would escape through the swamp to the railroad. But when Joker learns that she sent Cullen to a trap, he leaves her and is shot in the shoulder by Billy. Joker seeks out Cullen to save him and when they meet each other, their former hatred has changed to friendship and respect. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The brilliant performances of Poitier and Curtis highlight this incredible film from the great Stanley Kramer. In the finest role of his career, Curtis shines especially as the man forced to fight for survival, not only from the law, but from Poitier, who is his enemy simply because of the color of his screen. Through their fight for survival, an unlikely kinship develops. Bikel and Williams are also wonderful in key supporting roles, as is Lon Chaney Jr.