One night in the Southern United States, a truck loaded with prisoners swerves to avoid another truck and crashes through a barrier. The rescuers clear up the debris and discover two prisoners have escaped, a black man shackled to a white man because "the warden had a sense of humor." They are told not to look too hard as "they will probably kill each other in the first five miles." Nevertheless, a large posse and many bloodhounds are dispatched the next morning to find them. The two missing men are Noah Cullen and John "Joker" Jackson. Despite their mutual hatred, they are forced to cooperate, as they are chained together. At first their cooperation is motivated by self-preservation, but gradually they begin to respect and like each other.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Crime, Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Stanley Kramer |
Directed By: | Stanley Kramer |
Written By: | Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith |
Cast: | Ned Glass, Kevin Coughlin, Lon Chaney Jr., Nedrick Young, Bill Lovett, James Dime, Herman Hack, Carroll O'Connor, Whit Bissell, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Theodore Bikel, King Donovan, Sidney Poitier, Harold Jacob Smith, Claude Akins, Tony Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, Clem Fuller, Charles McGraw, Mickey Golden, Cara Williams, Signe Hack, Boyd 'Red' Morgan |
In Theaters: | Sep 27, 1958 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 36 minutes |
Production: | Lomitas Productions, Curtleigh Productions |
Budget: | $778,000 |
Available On: | Amazon, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |