| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Dialogue in English with optional French or Spanish soundtrack, and with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Lawrence Dobkin, Whit Bissell, Carl Switzer, Kevin Coughlin, Cara Williams. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Frederic Knudtson ; music, Ernest Gold ; costume designer, Joe King ; production designer, Rudolph Sternad. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Two convicts escaping from a Southern work gang discover that they are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by a hatred for each other. But in order to elude capture they must overcome their hostility. |
| Note |
Includes original theatrical trailer. |
| Subject |
Escapes -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Racism -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Gangster films.
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| Added Author |
Kramer, Stanley.
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Young, Nedrick, 1914-1968.
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Smith, Harold Jacob, 1912-1970.
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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
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Poitier, Sidney, 1927-2022.
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Bikel, Theodore, 1924-2015.
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McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980.
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Chaney, Lon, 1906-1973.
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Donovan, King, 1918-1987.
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Akins, Claude, 1918-1994.
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Dobkin, Lawrence, 1919-2002.
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Bissell, Whit, 1909-1996.
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Williams, Cara, 1925-2021.
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Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984.
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Knudtson, Frederic, 1906-1964.
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Gold, Ernest, 1921-1999.
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King, Joe, 1908-2002.
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Sternad, Rudolph, 1905-1963.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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United Artists Corporation.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792851609 |
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9780792851608 |
| Standard No. |
027616869364 |
| Music No. |
1002738 MGM Home Entertainment |
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