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The Defiant Ones

Turkish title: Kader bağlayınca

“One of the great ones!”

1958 · 1 h 36 min
Directed by Stanley Kramer · USA · Classical Hollywood
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Cast

Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Theodore Bikel Charles McGraw Lon Chaney Jr. Claude Akins Cara Williams

Credits

Written by: Nedrick Young

Plot

Two escaped convicts, the white Joker Jackson and the black Noah Cullen, are chained together and forced to flee across the Southern countryside, even though they hate each other. As a posse and a pack of dogs close in, they must depend on one another to survive. Written by Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tense chase film that gets its message across through two physically linked men rather than speeches. Poitier and Curtis are both excellent, and the ending is simple and moving.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (20,447 votes)
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