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The Defiant Ones: Full Cast & Crew 1958 Drama
In the 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts, John Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen, who are chained together, find an opportunity to escape. Jackson is white, Cullen is black and, at first, the men appear to be opposites in every way. But as they flee across the country, the two form a deep bond. A female landowner leads Jackson to make a difficult decision about his own freedom. Released: Sep 27, 1958 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Stanley Kramer Director, Producer Tony Curtis John "Joker" Jackson Actor Sidney Poitier Noah Cullen Actor Theodore Bikel Sheriff Max Muller Actor Charles McGraw Capt. Frank Gibbons Actor Cara Williams Billy's Mother Actor Lon Chaney Jr. Big Sam Actor King Donovan Solly Actor Claude Akins Mack Actor Larry Dobkin Editor Actor Whit Bissell Lou Gans Actor Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Angus Actor Kevin Coughlin Billy Actor Harold Jacob Smith Screenwriter Ernest Gold Original Music Sam Leavitt Cinematographer Frederic Knudtson Film Editing Rudolph Sternad Production Design Fernando Carrere Art Director Joseph Kish Set Decoration