Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
The Defiant Ones is of 1 hour(s) and 36 minute(s). It is Produced By: Curtleigh Productions, Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists. It was released on 1958-08-14. It has the tagline: One of the great ones! It has an average vote of 7.138 on TMDB.
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