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Crime · Drama · Adventure · Thriller · 1958 · 1h 36min

The Defiant Ones.

CrimeDramaAdventureThriller

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

Director: Stanley Kramer

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Tony Curtis

John 'Joker' Jackson

Sidney Poitier

Theodore Bikel

Sheriff Max Muller

Charles McGraw

Capt. Frank Gibbons

Lon Chaney Jr.

King Donovan

Studios

Curtleigh ProductionsStanley Kramer Productions United Artists

United Artists

United Artists

Country

🇺🇸United States of America

Languages

English

IMDb

7.5 /10

20k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

69 /100

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TMDB

7.1 /10

324 votes

Letterboxd

7.7 /10

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Weighted average

7.3/10

IMDb7.5
MC69
TMDB7.1
Lbxd7.7

🇺🇸Estados UnidosSep 24, 1958

🇧🇷BrasilDec 31, 1959

🇬🇧Reino UnidoOct 12, 1958

🇫🇷FranciaJan 21, 1959

🇩🇪AlemaniaAug 14, 1958

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