Cast and Crew of The Defiant Ones

Cast of
The Defiant Ones

About The Defiant Ones

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

Full Cast of The Defiant Ones

Sidney Poitier
plays Noah Cullen

Sidney Poitier as Noah Cullen

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Theodore Bikel
plays Sheriff Max Muller

Theodore Bikel as Sheriff Max Muller

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Charles McGraw
plays Capt. Frank Gibbons

Charles McGraw as Capt. Frank Gibbons

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Lon Chaney Jr.
plays Big Sam

Lon Chaney Jr. as Big Sam

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Lawrence Dobkin
plays Editor

Lawrence Dobkin as Editor

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Whit Bissell
plays Lou Gans

Whit Bissell as Lou Gans

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Cara Williams
plays Billy's mother

Cara Williams as Billy's mother

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Nedrick Young
plays Prison Guard

Nedrick Young as Prison Guard

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Crew of The Defiant Ones

Camera

Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography

Albert Myers
Camera Operator

Lighting

James Almond
Gaffer

Directing

Stanley Kramer
Director

Paul Helmick
Assistant Director

John Franco
Script Supervisor

Production

Stanley Kramer
Producer

Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager

Art

Rudolph Sternad
Production Design

Fernando Carrere
Art Direction

Joseph Kish
Set Decoration

Art Cole
Property Master

Sound

Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer

Jean L. Speak
Sound Engineer

Walter Elliott
Sound Effects

Editing

Frederic Knudtson
Editor

Writing

Nedrick Young
Writer

Harold Jacob Smith
Writer

Costume & Make-Up

Don L. Cash
Makeup Artist

Joe King
Costume Supervisor

Crew

Alex Weldon
Special Effects