The Defiant Ones (1958)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • John 'Joker' Jackson

      Tony Curtis

    • Noah Cullen

      Sidney Poitier

    • Max Muller

      Theodore Bikel

    • Frank Gibbons

      Charles McGraw

    • Big Sam

      Chaney, Lon

    • Solly

      King Donovan

    • Mac

      Claude Akins

    • editor

      Lawrence Dobkin

    • Lou

      Whit Bissell

    • Angus

      Switzer, Carl

    • Billy

      Kevin Coughlin

    • the woman

      Cara Williams

    • [Wilson, a posseman]

      Bob Hoy

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Stanley Kramer

    • Assistant Director

      Paul Helmick

    • Script Supervisor

      John Franco

    Production:

    • ©/Production Company

      Lomitas Productions

    • ©/Production Company

      Curtleigh Productions

    • A United Artists Release

      United Artists

    • Produced by

      Stanley Kramer

    • Production Manager

      Clem Beauchamp

    Writing:

    • Written by

      Harold Jacob Smith

    • [Screenplay]

      Ned Young

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Sam Leavitt

    • Camera Operator

      Al Myers

    • Chief Gaffer

      James Almond

    • Company Grip

      Morris Rosen

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Alex Weldon

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Frederick Knudtson

    Design:

    • Production Design by

      Rudolph Sternad

    • Art Director

      Fernando Carrere

    • Set Decorator

      Kish, Joe

    • Property Master

      Art Cole

    Costumes:

    • Costume Supervision

      Joe King

    Make-up:

    • Makeup

      Don Cash

    Music:

    • Music by

      Ernest Gold

    • The Song, Music by

      William C. Handy

    • The Song, Words by

      Chris Smith

    Sound:

    • Sound System

      Westrex Recording System

    • Sound Engineer

      James Speak

    • Sound Effects

      Walter Elliott