The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1958-08-14
Duration:96 min
Director:Stanley Kramer
Actors:Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr.
Production:Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists

Overview:

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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