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The Defiant Ones is a 1986 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by David Lowell Rich starring Robert Urich and Carl Weathers. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name.
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Jan 5, 1986 · The Defiant Ones: Directed by David Lowell Rich. With Robert Urich, Carl Weathers, Barry Corbin, Ed Lauter. Remake of the 1958 classic, in which two convicts of different color must cooperate in order to survive when they manage to escape a chain gang sentence.
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- Crime, Drama
- David Lowell Rich
- 1986-01-05
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 (Tony Curtis) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier...
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- Tony Curtis
- Stanley Kramer
- Drama
The Defiant Ones is a 1958 American drama film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners, one white and one black, who are shackled together and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas.
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Two convicts (one black, one white) serving time on a chain gang are set free by an accident. Handcuffed together, they flee into treacherous swampland hunted by helicopter and bloodhound teams. Subtitles: English.
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The Defiant Ones (1986) Two convicts (one white (Robert Urich), one black (Carl Weathers)) serving time on a chain gang in the deep South are accidentally set free. Seething with mutual distrust, they flee into treacherous woodlands and swamps--hunted by helicopter and bloodhounds.
