The Defiant Ones 1958
'One of the great ones!'
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
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'One of the great ones!'
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Available in New Zealand on:
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