THE DEFIANT ONES [1958 TRAILER]

Added: Feb 27, 2008

From: alfiehitchie

Duration: 2:22

Theatrical trailer for the 1958 Stanley Kramer prison drama "The Defiant Ones" starring Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel and Cara Williams. Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts chained together in the back of a truck heading for work on a chain gang. When the truck is involved in a collision, the two find themselves to be the only survivors and head out on the run. Meanwhile a posse is organized by local sheriff Max Muller and with the aid of tracker dogs, they all set out to track down Jackson and Cullen. Jackson who is white and Cullen who is black both have a strong hatred for each other and frequent arguments and fights punctuate the initial part of their time on the run. Gradually the two begin to tolerate each other and work together. They break into the supply store of a turpentine factory complex, but only barely manage to avoid being lynched by the workers due to the intervention of a sympathetic foreman. They are finally able to rid themselves of the chain when they come upon an isolated farm run by a woman and her son. The woman is attracted to Joker and suggests the two of them go off together, leaving Cullen to find his own way. When Joker learns that she has purposefully sent Cullen to his death, he has to decide what's more important—saving himself, or saving Cullen. Two Academy Awards including Screenplay and Cinematography. Both Curtis and Poitier along with Bikel and Williams were nominated for Oscars.

Channel: Entertainment

Tags: bikel  chain  curtis  defiant  escape  freedom  gang  kramer  movie  ones  poitier  prejiduce  prisoners  trailer 

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