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A 1958 American drama film about two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are chained together and must cooperate to survive. The film stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier and won two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay.
The Defiant Ones: Directed by Stanley Kramer. With Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Cara Williams, Theodore Bikel. Two chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
- (18K)
- Crime, Drama
- Stanley Kramer
- 1958-09-27
The Defiant Ones: With Dr. Dre, Stevie Nicks, Bono, Tom Petty. "The Defiant Ones" examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary culture.
- (16K)
- 2017-07-09
- Documentary, Biography, Crime
- 60
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Sep 13, 2024 · The Defiant Ones is a Hollywood classic that explores racism and racial harmony through the story of two escaped convicts, one white and one black, chained together. The film was directed by Stanley Kramer and starred Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis, and won three Academy Awards.
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Director Allen Hughes ("Menace II Society") traces the rise of music legends Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and chronicles their groundbreaking partnership. Watch trailers & learn more.
A prison truck is transporting a group of convicts when it runs off the road and crashes. Two convicts escape: Joker (Tony Curtis), a white man, and Cullen (Sidney Poitier), a Black man. They loathe each other, especially as Joker is an ignorant racist.
A female landowner leads Jackson to make a difficult decision about his own freedom.
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- Drama
