The Defiant Ones

7.2

1958

96 mins

CrimeDramaAdventure

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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A Perfect World

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Rosewood

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Brute Force

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The Adventures of Huck Finn

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The Fugitive

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Rooster Cogburn

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Fast Five

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The Killer Is Loose

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The Parts You Lose

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