Fresh
Kramer was never much of a director, but there's still power in some of the performances, especially Poitier's.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Defiant Ones
One of the great ones!
1958 · 1h 36m · Not Rated
Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
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The Defiant Ones
Overview
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Director and cast
- Stanley Kramer Director
- Tony Curtis as John 'Joker' Jackson
- Sidney Poitier as Noah Cullen
- Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller
- Charles McGraw as Capt. Frank Gibbons
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Big Sam
- King Donovan as Solly
- Claude Akins as Mack
- Lawrence Dobkin as Editor
- Whit Bissell as Lou Gans
- Carl Switzer as Angus
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The suspense of the manhunt in the swamps never really overcomes the dead weight of Kramer's 'message', but pleasures are to be found in the supporting roles of McGraw and Chaney.
Melissa Anderson, Time Out
Fresh
It is nervous and suspenseful from the start.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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