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...Defiant Ones. Stanley Kramer's black and white drama about a Southern chain-gang escape, with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Oct. 13, 1958 | 10/13/1958 | See Source »

...Defiant Ones. Stanley Kramer's film about a Southern chain-gang escape; with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Oct. 6, 1958 | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

...characterization of the other convict is a stereotype--the cheery, flippant, singing Negro who turns out, not unnaturally, to bear a heavy burden of bitterness. Sidney Poitier plays the role as convincingly as possible, though he, too, is at his worst when philosophical...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: The Defiant Ones | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

Theodore Bikel, a considerably older pro than Curtis or Poitier, turns in a fine performance as the sheriff. No one else is much good...

Author: By Daniel Field, | Title: The Defiant Ones | 9/30/1958 | See Source »

...Defiant Ones. Stanley Kramer's film about a Southern chain-gang escape; with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Sep. 29, 1958 | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

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