The Defiant Ones
One of the great ones!
1958
Rated
NR
96
minutes
Crime, Drama
Directed By:
Stanley Kramer
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Language
English
Release Date
August 14, 1958
Academy Awards
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
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
Show Full Crew
Directing
Production
Sound
Camera
Editing
Art
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Fernando Carrere
Art Direction
Art Cole
Property Master
Crew
Writing
Costume & Make-Up
Lighting