Obviously, when "The Defiant Ones" first came out, it was probably a revolutionary idea: a white man and a black man chained to each other escape from a chain gang and have to put aside their differences to survive. I guess that nowadays, we look at it and feel that they were trying to look good by portraying social issues. No matter, it is a pretty good movie, and Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier do an intense job as John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen, respectively. Not to sound wimpy or anything, but the movie does have a good point in affirming that if we want to accomplish our goals, we do have to accept each other. Stanley Kramer did always have some good ideas for movies, with this one, as well as "Inherit the Wind", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".
Review of The Defiant Ones
