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The Defiant Ones ()

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Two chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
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  • Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 21 nominations.
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John 'Joker' Jackson
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Noah Cullen
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Billy's Mother
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Sheriff Max Muller
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Capt. Frank Gibbons
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Big Sam (as Lon Chaney)
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Solly
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Mack
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Lou Gans
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Angus (as Carl Switzer)
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Billy
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Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Clinton ...
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Search Party Member (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Mickey Golden ...
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Truck Driver (uncredited)
Harold Jacob Smith ...
Prison Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Prison Guard in Truck (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stanley Kramer

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Nedrick Young ... (written by) (originally as Nathan E. Douglas)
 
Harold Jacob Smith ... (written by)

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Tony Curtis ... executive producer (uncredited)
Stanley Kramer ... producer
Janet Leigh ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Ernest Gold

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Sam Leavitt ... director of photography

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Frederic Knudtson ... film editor

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Rudolph Sternad

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Fernando Carrere

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Joseph Kish ... (as Joe Kish)

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Don L. Cash ... makeup (as Don Cash)

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Clem Beauchamp ... production manager

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Paul Helmick ... assistant director

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Art Cole ... property master

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Walter Elliott ... sound effects
Jean L. Speak ... sound engineer (as James Speak)
Wayne Fury ... sound editor (uncredited)
John Mick ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Alex Weldon ... special effects

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Ivan Dixon ... stunt double: Sidney Poitier (uncredited)
Bob Hoy ... stunt double: Tony Curtis (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)

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James Almond ... chief gaffer
Albert Myers ... camera operator (as Al Myers)
Morris Rosen ... company grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joe King ... costume supervisor

Music Department

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Jack Marshall ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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John Franco ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Stanley Kramer ... presenter
Cindy James ... dog trainer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

When the truck that is transporting convicts has an accident on the road, inmates John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen, who 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 into 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 of their chains. She offers to drive her car with Joker and her son Billy while Cullen would escape through the swamp to the railroad. But when Joker learns that she sent Cullen to a trap, he leaves her and is shot in the shoulder by Billy. Joker seeks out Cullen to save him and when they meet each other, their former hatred has changed to friendship and respect. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • L'impossible évasion (France)
  • La Chaîne (France)
  • Flucht in Ketten (Germany)
  • Fugitivos (Spain)
  • Не склонившие головы (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 96 min
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Budget $778,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The young man with the transistor radio is played by Our Gang/The Little Rascals graduate Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in his final screen appearance before his untimely death in a shooting incident. See more »
Goofs Twice they are soaked to the skin in water and mud, but come up with dry cigarettes and matches. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Precious Images (1986). See more »
Soundtracks Long Gone See more »
Quotes Noah Cullen: I ain't gettin' mad, Joker. I been mad all my natural life.
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