Set in the deep south, two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) are separated by their color, but bound by their desire for freedom -- and a 29-inch steel chain.
- Tony Curtis
- Sidney Poitier
- Theodore Bikel
- Claude Akins
- Whit Bissell
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Lawrence Dobkin
- Kevin Coughlin
- King Donovan
- Charles McGraw
- Carl Switzer
- Cara Williams
- Art Director: Fernando Carrere
- Set Decorator : Joe Kish
- Composer: Ernest Gold
- Screenplay: Nathan E. Douglas
- Director: Stanley Kramer
- Costume Designer: Joe King
- Producer: Stanley Kramer
- Editor: Frederic Knudtson
- Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
- Screenplay: Harold Jacob Smith
- Production Designer: Rudolph Sternad
- academy award
Best Original Screenplay : Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith - Best Cinematography B/W: Sam Leavitt
golden globe
Best Picture Drama: The Defiant Ones
ny film critics circle award
Best Screenplay : Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith
british academy award
United Nations Award : The Defiant Ones
ny film critics circle award
Best Director : Stanley Kramer
british academy award
Best Foreign Actor : Sidney Poitier
ny film critics circle award
Best Film : The Defiant Ones
writers guild of america
Best Written American Drama : Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith
berlin int'l film festival
Best Actor : Sidney Poitier
bodil award
Best Non-European Film : The Defiant Ones
