Joker Jackson (Tony Curtis) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier) are two convicts on the run. Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards each other. Relentlessly pursued by a posse and bloodhounds, they put aside their differences to survive. But when a lonely woman (Cara Williams) breaks their chain and deliberately sends Cullen to certain death, Jackson must decide what's more important: saving Cullen… or saving himself.
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
Written by
Nedrick Young (story) (originally as Nathan E. Douglas) Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay)
Starring
Tony Curtis (John 'Joker' Jackson); Sidney Poitier (Noah Cullen); Theodore Bikel (Sheriff Max Muller); Charles McGraw (Capt. Frank Gibbons); Lon Chaney Jr. (Big Sam (as Lon Chaney)); King Donovan (Solly); Claude Akins (Mack); Lawrence Dobkin (Editor); Whit Bissell (Lou Gans); Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer (Angus (as Carl Switzer)); Kevin Coughlin (Billy); Cara Williams (Billy's mother). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters. Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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