The Defiant Ones

• Director: David Lowell Rich
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

In this faithful remake of the Stanley Kramer classic buddy film, two members of a chain gang, one black and the other white, escape. They are chained together. At first they hate each other, but as time passes they begin to develop a grudging friendship. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Charles Bartlett - Jeffcoat; Ritch Brinkley - Lonny; Barry Corbin - Sheriff Leroy (?); Ed Lauter - Floyd Carpenter, jailhouse director (?); Laurie O'brien - Pauline; Thalmus Rasulala; William Sanderson; Ebbe Roe Smith - Deputy Miller; Robert Urich - Johnny 'Joker' Johnson; Carl Weathers - Carl Monroe; Wil Wheaton - Clyde, son of Pauline; Richard Fullerton - First Guard; Robert Harris - Driver

Credit

Ross Brown - Casting, Mary West - Casting, Ann Lambert - Costume Designer, Jerry Ballew - First Assistant Director, David Lowell Rich - Director, Richard Bracken - Editor, Steve Dorff - Composer (Music Score), Michael Westmore - Makeup, Beala Neel - Production Designer, Rexford Metz - Cinematographer, Sam Gross - Set Designer, Andy Evans - Special Effects, James Lee Barrett - Screenwriter