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The Defiant Ones

Summary: Two chained-together escaped convicts, one White and one Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

Release Date: September 27, 1958

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Stanley Kramer

Writers: Nedrick Young

, Harold Jacob Smith

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Lomitas Productions, Curtleigh Productions

Distributor: CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox, Key Video, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 778,000

Budget:$778K

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Metacritic Meta:

69/100

Metacritic User:

73/100

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6% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

20% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White73.33%Asian6.67%Latino6.67%Black6.67%Jewish6.67%

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