. . . . . . "778000.0"^^ . . . . . "The Defiant Ones is a 1958 black and white film noir 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, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Charles McGraw, and Lon Chaney, Jr. Ivan Dixon was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier.The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick Young, originally credited as Nathan E. Douglas."@en . . "5820.0"^^ . "The Defiant Ones"@en .