The Defiant Ones

For the 2nd time this week, Have You Ever Seen talks about escaped convicts. And just 3 days before Martin Luther King Day, Ryan offers up an oral essay about 2 on the run while dealing with '50s-era racism in America's south. The Defiant Ones---unlike Out Of Sight---is deadly serious. One legendary actor in Sidney Poitier and one underrated one in Tony Curtis work well together as two people who are forced to work together to survive with a posse in hot pursuit. The last 30 minutes of the film and the ending itself are puzzling, but Stanley Kramer's dynamic Oscar winner is still good enough to rise above those problems. So don't drag on the chain, man (especially since that's a bad line) as our 485th episode breaks down the hard-fought battles and gradual acceptances in The Defiant Ones. Go to "sparkplug.coffee/hyes" to order terrific java and even get yourself a 20% discount by using our promo code ("hyes"). To communicate with us, email us ([email protected]) or tweet us (Ryan is @moviefiend51 and Bev is #bevellisellis). We're posting 2023 episodes on YouTube (type "@hyesellis" into your browser to see our growing library there) and look for "Scoring At The Movies" in all the podcast places to hear Ryan yap about sports films.