THE DEFIANT ONES


 "THE DEFIANT ONES"  (1958) 

SYNOPSIS: "In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of the convicts, John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen, who are chained together, find an opportunity to escape. Jackson is white, Cullen is black and, at first, the men appear to be opposites in every way. But as they flee across the country, the two form a deep bond. A female landowner leads Jackson to make a difficult decision about his own freedom."
STARRING: Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Lon Chaney, Jr. Cara Williams, Nedrick Young, Theodore Bikel, Carl Switzer, Kevin Coughlin and Claude Akins.
SCREENPLAY: Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young.
DIRECTOR: Stanley Kramer
AWARDS & HONORS:
It was nominated for six (9) Academy Awards and won one (2) of them for:
"Best Story & Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen"
"Best Cinematography - Black & White"
It was nominated for sixteen (24 additional awards, by various entities, and won fourteen (14) of them.

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