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The Defiant Ones

1958·1h 36m·Approved
DramaCrime
IMDb Rating
★ 7.5/10
20,115 votes
Metascore
69
Metacritic

Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

The Defiant Ones is a 1958 drama crime movie directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Tony Curtis, Theodore Bikel, Sidney Poitier. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from 20,115 votes and runs 1h 36m.

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Director
Stanley Kramer
Stars
Tony Curtis
Theodore Bikel
Sidney Poitier
Cara Williams
Details
1958-09-27
96 min
Movie
Approved
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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