---
title: 'The Defiant Ones (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stanley Kramer'
released: '1958-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-defiant-ones-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051525/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Defiant Ones (1958)

1958 · 96 min · Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Nedrick Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/nedrick-young), [Harold Jacob Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-jacob-smith)
- **Director:** [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer), [Paul Helmick](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-helmick)
- **Producer:** [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernest Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-gold)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sam Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-leavitt)
- **Editor:** [Frederic Knudtson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-knudtson)

## Cast

- [Lawrence Dobkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-dobkin)
- [Sidney Poitier](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier)
- [Tony Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curtis)
- [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell)
- [Ned Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-glass)
- [King Donovan](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-donovan)
- [Carl Switzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-switzer)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Herman Hack](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-hack)
- [Theodore Bikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-bikel)
- [Nedrick Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/nedrick-young)
- [Cara Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/cara-williams)
- [Claude Akins](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-akins)
- [Carroll O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-o-connor)
- [Charles McGraw](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mcgraw)

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