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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792851608
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792851609
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: MGMDM110049D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1958
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Two escaped convicts chained together white and black must learn to get along in order to elude capture. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/20/2008 Starring: Tony Curtis Theodore Bikel Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com essential video:
This 1958 variation on Huck Finn's adventures with Jim finds a white convict (Tony Curtis) chained to a black convict (Sidney Poitier) as they both escape their captors. With each man literally stuck with the other, racial conflicts take a back seat to survival. Directed by Stanley Kramer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), the film's obvious consciousness-raising is mitigated by a pair of raw performances from the stars, memorable appearances by Lon Chaney Jr. and Cara Williams, and Kramer's strong storytelling abilities. The award-winning script was cowritten by blacklisted writer-actor Nedrick Young. --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are chain-gang convicts that escape from a prison truck after an accident. The two convicts run long and hard, even though they are manacled together.
There are racial overtones throughout the film, and that racial tension boils over multiple times.
All the convicts want, in addition to clearing out of the country all together, is to get their chains off and to get away from each other. Until then, however, they are forced to cooperate ... Read More
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If you have ever wanted to see a true struggle between the "white" and "black" man..
this move has it!
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I saw this movie when I was a teenager long ago. It's great. It addresses the awful truth of racism, and shows how that shallow viewpoint can be turned around. Great performances by Sidney Poiter and Tony Curtis, how can you possibly go wrong with either one of those two, right?! Great song, too, that will get stuck in your head forever. Loooong gone....ain't he lucky....:o)
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'The Defiant Ones' is a classic film that deals with racism, survival and loyalty. Two prisoners, one black and one white are forced to work together to survive when a prison transport vehicle crashes. The two convicts who are chained together have to put their differences aside to stay ahead of the lawmen who want to put them back behind bars. Poitier and Curtis are in top form in this engrossing drama. Although a bit dated, the film holds up well and the DVD transfer in clean and crisp!
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Although minimal by today's Hollywood standards, this drama stimulates discussion on many levels. Some of it is obviously dated, but it is worthwhile seeing from the standpoint of cinematic storytelling, basic cinematic technique, and basic dramatic performances without excessive explosions, graphic sex or verbal profanity. Highly recommended for the movie enthusiasist.
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