14 Aug 1958
The Defiant Ones
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
White Bondage
Chained to a woman he feared!
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Top Billed Cast
Jean Muir Betsy Ann Craig
Gordon Oliver Dave Graydon
Howard Phillips Cal 'Snipe' Sanders
Joe King Trent Talcott
Harry Davenport Pop Craig
Virginia Brissac Sarah Talcott
Addison Richards Kip Gillis
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Old Glory (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette Lon Huston (uncredited)
Bernice Pilot Hannah
Joseph E. Bernard Man in Barber Shop
Tom Brower Man in Barber Shop
Walter Downing Sharecropper
Ralph Dunn Defense Attorney
William Eberhardt Man in Pool Room
George Guhl Garage Owner
Gordon Hart Huxley
Herbert Heywood Zack Walters
John Ince Judge
Cy Kendall Rickets
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