THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)

STANLEY KRAMER

Classics Thriller Recommended Blackness, Race & Ethnicity Prison BAFTA Winners Whisky's Wonders

Cast

TONY CURTIS SIDNEY POITIER LON CHANEY THEODORE BIKEL CHARLES MCGRAW

Plot

Curtis and Poitier both bagged Oscars for their portrayal of two chain-gang prisoners, one black, one white. Forced to make their escape still manacled together, their fight for freedom through the swamps makes a powerful metaphor for the rampant racial hatred of the times. Great support cast too.