The Defiant Ones (Kramer, 1958): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 12.20pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the Sidney Poitier season at BFI Southbank and also screens on January 19th. Full details can be found here.
BFI introdcution:
Poitier’s first collaboration with director Stanley Kramer is an
action-packed thriller that transformed the actor into the first bona
fide Black movie star. He plays Noah Cullen, an escaped convict in the
Deep South who is handcuffed to Tony Curtis’ embittered racist. To stay
alive and out of reach of the authorities, they forge an embittered
friendship. As a man seething with rage from a life of indignity,
Poitier is superb. It earned him a landmark first Oscar nomination for
Best Actor.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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