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Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958)

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The Defiant Ones

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Director

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  • Stanley Kramer
    Stanley Kramer

Writers

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  • Nedrick Young
    Nedrick Young
    written by (originally as Nathan E. Douglas)
  • Harold Jacob Smith
    Harold Jacob Smith
    written by

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    John 'Joker' Jackson
  • Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    Noah Cullen
  • Cara Williams in Naked City (1958)
    Cara Williams
    Cara Williams
    Billy's Mother
  • Theodore Bikel
    Theodore Bikel
    Theodore Bikel
    Sheriff Max Muller
  • Charles McGraw
    Charles McGraw
    Charles McGraw
    Capt. Frank Gibbons
  • Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr.
    Big Sam
    (as Lon Chaney)
  • King Donovan
    King Donovan
    King Donovan
    Solly
  • Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    Mack
  • Lawrence Dobkin
    Lawrence Dobkin
    Lawrence Dobkin
    Editor
  • Whit Bissell in Wagon Train (1957)
    Whit Bissell
    Whit Bissell
    Lou Gans
  • Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in The Little Rascals (1994)
    Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
    Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
    Angus
    (as Carl Switzer)
  • Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    Billy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Joe Brooks
    Joe Brooks
    Joe Brooks
    Townsman
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Kay Place, Jack Clinton, and Reva Rose in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976)
    Jack Clinton
    Jack Clinton
    Townsman
    (uncredited)
  • Jimmy Dime in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
    Jimmy Dime
    Jimmy Dime
    Townsman
    (uncredited)
  • Clem Fuller
    Clem Fuller
    Clem Fuller
    Search Party Member
    (uncredited)
  • Ned Glass in Barney Miller (1975)
    Ned Glass
    Ned Glass
    Doctor
    (uncredited)
  • Mickey Golden
    Mickey Golden
    Search Party Member
    (uncredited)
  • Herman Hack
    Herman Hack
    Herman Hack
    Search Party Member
    (uncredited)
  • Signe Hack
    Signe Hack
    Townswoman
    (uncredited)
  • Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    Townsman
    (uncredited)
  • Carroll O'Connor
    Carroll O'Connor
    Carroll O'Connor
    Truck Driver
    (uncredited)
  • Harold Jacob Smith
    Harold Jacob Smith
    Prison Truck Driver
    (uncredited)
  • Nedrick Young
    Nedrick Young
    Nedrick Young
    Prison Guard in Truck
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Tony Curtis
    Tony Curtis
    executive producer (uncredited)
  • Stanley Kramer
    Stanley Kramer
    producer
  • Janet Leigh
    Janet Leigh
    executive producer (uncredited)

Composer

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  • Ernest Gold
    Ernest Gold

Cinematographer

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  • Sam Leavitt
    Sam Leavitt
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Frederic Knudtson
    Frederic Knudtson
    film editor

Production Designer

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  • Rudolph Sternad
    Rudolph Sternad

Art Director

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  • Fernando Carrere
    Fernando Carrere

Set Decorator

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  • Joseph Kish
    Joseph Kish
    set decorator (as Joe Kish)

Makeup Department

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  • Don L. Cash
    Don L. Cash
    makeup (as Don Cash)

Production Manager

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  • Clem Beauchamp
    Clem Beauchamp
    production manager

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Paul Helmick
    Paul Helmick
    assistant director

Art Department

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  • Art Cole
    Art Cole
    property master

Sound Department

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  • Walter Elliott
    Walter Elliott
    sound effects
  • Jean L. Speak
    Jean L. Speak
    sound engineer (as James Speak)
  • Wayne Fury
    Wayne Fury
    sound editor (uncredited)
  • John Mick
    John Mick
    sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects

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  • Alex Weldon
    Alex Weldon
    special effects

Stunts

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  • Ivan Dixon
    Ivan Dixon
    stunt double: Sidney Poitier (uncredited)
  • Bob Hoy
    Bob Hoy
    stunt double: Tony Curtis (uncredited)
  • Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • James Almond
    James Almond
    chief gaffer
  • Albert Myers
    Albert Myers
    camera operator (as Al Myers)
  • Morris Rosen
    Morris Rosen
    company grip
  • Ralph Ash
    Ralph Ash
    assistant camera (uncredited)
  • Robert Hosler
    Robert Hosler
    assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume Department

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  • Joe King
    Joe King
    costume supervisor

Music Department

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  • Jack Marshall
    Jack Marshall
    orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • John Franco
    John Franco
    script supervisor

Additional Crew

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  • Stanley Kramer
    Stanley Kramer
    presenter
  • Cindy James
    Cindy James
    dog trainer (uncredited)
Crew verified as complete

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