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The Defiant Ones

1958-08-14 | Crime / Drama
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Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Director: Stanley Kramer
Stars: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier

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7.6
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77%
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14 wins32 nominations
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  • Academy Awards, USA

    Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

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  • Academy Awards, USA

    Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

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  • Golden Globes, USA

    Best Motion Picture - Drama

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Tony Curtis John 'Joker' Jackson
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Sidney Poitier Noah Cullen
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Theodore Bikel Sheriff Max Muller
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Charles McGraw Capt. Frank Gibbons
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Lon Chaney Jr. Big Sam
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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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The Defiant Ones - North vs. South: After failing to break their chains, Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) argue about ...

The Defiant Ones - North vs. South: After failing to break their chains, Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) argue about ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - Chasing the Train: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to hop a train with the law hot on their ...

The Defiant Ones - Chasing the Train: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to hop a train with the law hot on their ...

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The Defiant Ones - You Can't Go Lynching Me, I'm a White Man: Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) challenges the mob that has gathered ...

The Defiant Ones - You Can't Go Lynching Me, I'm a White Man: Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) challenges the mob that has gathered ...

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The Defiant Ones - You Don't Even Know My Name: Billy's Mother (Cara Williams) tells Joker (Tony Curtis) she sent Cullin to his ...

The Defiant Ones - You Don't Even Know My Name: Billy's Mother (Cara Williams) tells Joker (Tony Curtis) she sent Cullin to his ...

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The Defiant Ones - Trapped in the Quarry: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to climb out of a clay pit they jumped ...

The Defiant Ones - Trapped in the Quarry: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to climb out of a clay pit they jumped ...

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The Defiant Ones - Afraid of Catching My Color?: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) are at each other's throats after ...

The Defiant Ones - Afraid of Catching My Color?: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) are at each other's throats after ...

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The Defiant Ones - Words That Stick Like Needles: Joker (Tony Curtis) complains how he hates the word, "thanks," which leads to ...

The Defiant Ones - Words That Stick Like Needles: Joker (Tony Curtis) complains how he hates the word, "thanks," which leads to ...

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The Defiant Ones - I'm Lettin' Ya Loose: For reasons of his own, Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) cuts Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

The Defiant Ones - I'm Lettin' Ya Loose: For reasons of his own, Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) cuts Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

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Chained together by fate, tied together by friendship. For lilly_the_kid, Festivids 2012. Music: We Must be Killers by Mikky Ekko.

Chained together by fate, tied together by friendship. For lilly_the_kid, Festivids 2012. Music: We Must be Killers by Mikky Ekko.

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The Defiant Ones - I Been Mad All My Natural Life: While waiting for the townsfolk to go to sleep, Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

The Defiant Ones - I Been Mad All My Natural Life: While waiting for the townsfolk to go to sleep, Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

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Скованные одной цепью.

Скованные одной цепью.

Maks Kasl
Carl Weathers & Robert Urich Két rab (egy fehér és egy fekete bőrű) megszökik a börtönből. Erős lánccal egymáshoz vannak ...

Carl Weathers & Robert Urich Két rab (egy fehér és egy fekete bőrű) megszökik a börtönből. Erős lánccal egymáshoz vannak ...

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10. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Richard Brooks 09. Man Of The West - Anthony Mann 08. Dracula - Terence Fisher 07. And Quiet ...

10. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Richard Brooks 09. Man Of The West - Anthony Mann 08. Dracula - Terence Fisher 07. And Quiet ...

ulaghchi
released September 27, 1958 Cara Williams as Billy's Mother Tony Curtis as John "Joker" Jackson directed by Stanley Kramer ...

released September 27, 1958 Cara Williams as Billy's Mother Tony Curtis as John "Joker" Jackson directed by Stanley Kramer ...

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Stanley Kramer's ground-breaking film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier... Nominated for nine Academy Awards including ...

Stanley Kramer's ground-breaking film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier... Nominated for nine Academy Awards including ...

Eurekaentertainment
In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts ...

In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts ...

A Fistful of Movies
The Defiant Ones - North vs. South: After failing to break their chains, Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) argue about ...

The Defiant Ones - North vs. South: After failing to break their chains, Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) argue about ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - Chasing the Train: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to hop a train with the law hot on their ...

The Defiant Ones - Chasing the Train: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to hop a train with the law hot on their ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - You Can't Go Lynching Me, I'm a White Man: Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) challenges the mob that has gathered ...

The Defiant Ones - You Can't Go Lynching Me, I'm a White Man: Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) challenges the mob that has gathered ...

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Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: ...

Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: ...

Movieclips Classic Trailers
The Defiant Ones - You Don't Even Know My Name: Billy's Mother (Cara Williams) tells Joker (Tony Curtis) she sent Cullin to his ...

The Defiant Ones - You Don't Even Know My Name: Billy's Mother (Cara Williams) tells Joker (Tony Curtis) she sent Cullin to his ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - Trapped in the Quarry: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to climb out of a clay pit they jumped ...

The Defiant Ones - Trapped in the Quarry: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) try to climb out of a clay pit they jumped ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - Afraid of Catching My Color?: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) are at each other's throats after ...

The Defiant Ones - Afraid of Catching My Color?: Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) are at each other's throats after ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - Words That Stick Like Needles: Joker (Tony Curtis) complains how he hates the word, "thanks," which leads to ...

The Defiant Ones - Words That Stick Like Needles: Joker (Tony Curtis) complains how he hates the word, "thanks," which leads to ...

Movieclips
The Defiant Ones - I'm Lettin' Ya Loose: For reasons of his own, Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) cuts Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

The Defiant Ones - I'm Lettin' Ya Loose: For reasons of his own, Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) cuts Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

Movieclips
Chained together by fate, tied together by friendship. For lilly_the_kid, Festivids 2012. Music: We Must be Killers by Mikky Ekko.

Chained together by fate, tied together by friendship. For lilly_the_kid, Festivids 2012. Music: We Must be Killers by Mikky Ekko.

cupidsbower
Official video content provided by MGM Home Entertainment or one of it's authorized agents. More clips, photos, and news: ...

Official video content provided by MGM Home Entertainment or one of it's authorized agents. More clips, photos, and news: ...

Video Detective
The Defiant Ones - I Been Mad All My Natural Life: While waiting for the townsfolk to go to sleep, Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

The Defiant Ones - I Been Mad All My Natural Life: While waiting for the townsfolk to go to sleep, Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen ...

Movieclips
Скованные одной цепью.

Скованные одной цепью.

Maks Kasl
Carl Weathers & Robert Urich Két rab (egy fehér és egy fekete bőrű) megszökik a börtönből. Erős lánccal egymáshoz vannak ...

Carl Weathers & Robert Urich Két rab (egy fehér és egy fekete bőrű) megszökik a börtönből. Erős lánccal egymáshoz vannak ...

Magyar Aurél
10. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Richard Brooks 09. Man Of The West - Anthony Mann 08. Dracula - Terence Fisher 07. And Quiet ...

10. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Richard Brooks 09. Man Of The West - Anthony Mann 08. Dracula - Terence Fisher 07. And Quiet ...

ulaghchi
released September 27, 1958 Cara Williams as Billy's Mother Tony Curtis as John "Joker" Jackson directed by Stanley Kramer ...

released September 27, 1958 Cara Williams as Billy's Mother Tony Curtis as John "Joker" Jackson directed by Stanley Kramer ...

Vid Video
Stanley Kramer's ground-breaking film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier... Nominated for nine Academy Awards including ...

Stanley Kramer's ground-breaking film starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier... Nominated for nine Academy Awards including ...

Eurekaentertainment
In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts ...

In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts ...

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The Defiant Ones FAQ

The release date of The Defiant Ones is August 14, 1958.
Watch the official trailer of The Defiant Ones
On February 26, 2021, there were 4914 public reaction to The Defiant Ones including extraordinary, Oscar-worthy performance, miscarriage of justice, deservedly won awards, outside the laws.
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other..
The runtime of The Defiant Ones is 96 minutes.
The full version of The Defiant Ones is provided by Amazon Prime Video , FandangoNOW , Vudu
The certification of The Defiant Ones is NR.
The casts of The Defiant Ones are Tony Curtis starring as John 'Joker' Jackson, Sidney Poitier starring as Noah Cullen, Theodore Bikel starring as Sheriff Max Muller, Charles McGraw starring as Capt. Frank Gibbons, Lon Chaney Jr. starring as Big Sam, King Donovan starring as Solly.
The Defiant Ones won 1959 Academy Awards, USA, 1959 Golden Globes, USA, 1959 BAFTA Awards, 1958 Berlin International Film Festival, 1959 Bodil Awards, 1959 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1959 Laurel Awards, 1959 Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, 1959 Writers Guild of America, USA, 1958 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
The genre of The Defiant Ones is Crime,Drama.
On February 26, 2021, the IMDB rating of The Defiant Ones is 7.6/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 83/100, Metacritic rating is 69/100, TMDB rating is 7.0/10.