The Defiant Ones (1958)
1958 · Feature film · 96 min · dir. Stanley Kramer
One of the great ones!
- Crime
- Drama
- Adventure
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Writer
- Harold Jacob Smith
- Composer
- Ernest Gold
- Cinematography
- Sam Leavitt
- Studio
- Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists
- Released
- 1958-08-14
- Running time
- 96 minutes
Cast & crew
Stanley Kramer Director
Tony Curtis
Sidney Poitier
Theodore Bikel
Charles McGraw
Lon Chaney Jr.
King Donovan
Claude Akins
Lawrence Dobkin
