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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 69/100. Scores higher than 74% of the 160 1950s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic69/100
335 audience votes
Key crew
- Ernest GoldOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley KramerDirector
- Harold Jacob SmithWriter
- Nedrick YoungWriter
Cast
- Tony CurtisJohn 'Joker' Jackson
- Sidney PoitierNoah Cullen
- Theodore BikelSheriff Max Muller
- Charles McGrawCapt. Frank Gibbons
- Lon Chaney Jr.Big Sam
- King DonovanSolly
- Claude AkinsMack
- Lawrence DobkinEditor
- Whit BissellLou Gans
- Carl SwitzerAngus
- Kevin CoughlinBilly
- Cara WilliamsBilly's mother
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Themes
escapemississippi riverfreedomhostilityswampbiasracistescaped convictchain gangman huntracismblack and white
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