The Defiant Ones
One of the great ones!
Aug 14, 1958 1h 36mAdventureCrimeDramaThriller
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Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
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Drama86
Tension85
Craft84
Action82
Wonder38
Humour30
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Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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- Release date
- Aug 14, 1958
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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