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The Defiant Ones

One of the great ones!

7.2(344)19581h 36m3

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • escape
  • mississippi river
  • freedom
  • hostility
  • swamp
  • bias
  • racist
  • escaped convict
  • chain gang
  • man hunt
  • racism
  • black and white

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR24 Sept 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU12 Oct 1958
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 Sept 1959
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 1231 Dec 1959
    • Physical12Fox Home mj.gov.br14 Jul 2010
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU21 Jan 1959
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival1 Jul 1958
    • Theatrical1214 Aug 1958
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG7 Nov 1958
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TV6Nederland 11 Feb 2002
    • Physical6DVD1 Dec 2006
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 1231 Dec 1959
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatrical18+27 Sept 1958
  • RussiaSU

    • Theatrical(Moscow premiere)12 Jul 1965
    • Theatrical27 Dec 1965
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical28 Jan 1960

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The Defiant Ones was released on 14 August 1958.

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    CinemaSerf

    8/10/2023

    7/10

    "Joker" (Tony Curtis) and "Cullen" (Sidney Poitier) are chained together on a prison bus when it has an accident. Seeing a chance, and despite the fact that they pretty much loathe each other, they abscond and plan to jump a train to escape. As they flee, they gradually learn to respect - even like - each other before arriving at a smallholding where they befriend the woman (Cara Williams) who lives there with her yo…

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