The Defiant Ones
“One of the great ones!”
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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Cast
14 people
Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Sweet Smell of Success
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
Known for
The African Queen
My Fair Lady
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Known for
The Birds
The Narrow Margin
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
Known for
The Wolf Man
Spider Baby
King Donovan
Solly
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Enforcer
Claude Akins
Mack
Known for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Rio Bravo
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
Known for
Patton
The Cabinet of Caligari
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
Known for
The Time Tunnel
The Time Machine
Carl Switzer
Angus
Known for
I Love You Again
House by the River
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
Also in
The Gay Deceivers
Storm Center
Cara Williams
Billy's mother
Known for
Boomerang!
The White Buffalo
Stanley Kramer Director · Nedrick Young Writer Harold Jacob Smith Writer
Budget $778K · United States release September 24, 1958 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$778,000
Production
Curtleigh Productions
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · July 1, 1958
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · September 24, 1958
Theatrical
Austria
September 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 31, 1959 · Theatrical
July 14, 2010 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
France
January 21, 1959 · Theatrical
Germany
August 14, 1958 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 7, 1958 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 2002 · TV · Nederland 1
December 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
December 31, 1959 · Theatrical
Romania
September 27, 1958 · Theatrical
Russia
July 12, 1965 · Theatrical · (Moscow premiere)
December 27, 1965 · Theatrical
South Korea
January 28, 1960 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 12, 1958 · Theatrical
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