The Defiant Ones(1958)
One of the great ones!
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Movie: The Defiant Ones
Top 10 Billed Cast
John 'Joker' Jackson
Noah Cullen
Sheriff Max Muller
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Big Sam
Solly
Mack
Editor
Lou Gans
Angus
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