The Defiant Ones

(1958)

97 minutes

Crime Drama

Directed by Stanley Kramer

Cast:

Tony Curtis as John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier as Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw as Captain Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr. as Big Sam
King Donovan as Solly
Claude Akins as Mack
Lawrence Dobkin as Editor
Whit Bissell as Lou Gans
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer as Angus
Kevin Coughlin as Billy
Cara Williams as Billy's mother

Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two inmates who despise each other. They are on a chain gang and escape together after a truck accident. They must rely on each other since they are chained together and when they break away from the chains, they begin to respect each other.

Won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

Nominated for an Academy Award : 
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier 
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Theodore Bikel 
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Cara Williams 
Best Director
Best Film Editing
Best Picture