The Defiant Ones (1958) Reviews & Ratings

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The Defiant Ones reviews

The Defiant Ones holds a 7.1/10 average from 337 TMDB ratings.

"Joker" (Tony Curtis) and "Cullen" (Sidney Poitier) are chained together on a prison bus when it has an accident. Seeing a chance, and despite the fact that they pretty much loathe each other, they abscond and plan to jump a train to escape. As they flee, they gradually learn to respect - even like - each other before arriving at a smallholding where they befriend the woman (Cara Williams) who lives there with her y…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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