Film record

The Defiant Ones

1958Feature film96 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
buddy film · drama film · crime film · thriller film · action film

Credits

Writing

Nedrick Young — Screenwriting
Harold Jacob Smith — Screenwriting

Production

Stanley Kramer — Production

Music

Ernest Gold — Music composition

Cinematography

Sam Leavitt — Cinematography

Editing

Frederic Knudtson — Editing

Art department

Rudolph Sternad — Production design

Direction

Stanley Kramer — Directing
Paul Helmick — Directing

Cast

Tony Curtis — Acting
Sidney Poitier — Acting
Theodore Bikel — Acting
Cara Williams — Acting
Charles McGraw — Acting
Lon Chaney Jr. — Acting
Claude Akins — Acting
Lawrence Dobkin — Acting
Whit Bissell — Acting
Carl Switzer — Acting
Nedrick Young — Acting
King Donovan — Acting
Ned Glass — Acting
Herman Hack — Acting
Carroll O'Connor — Acting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

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