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14 Aug 1958
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The Defiant Ones
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
AN IDYLL OF THE SOUTH WITH A SPARKLING MUSICAL SCORE OF PLANTATION MELODIES AND ROMANTIC LOVE BALLADS
Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi.
Tom Rumford
Lucy Jeffers
Elvira Jeffers
General Jeff Rumford
General Orlando Jackson
Captain Blackie
Mexico
Major Patterson
Joe Patterson
Madame Rumford
Rumbo
Card Player
Southern Belle
One of Elvira's Admirers
Effie
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Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
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