Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono. |
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. |
Language |
Dialogue in English with optional French or Spanish soundtrack, and with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Escapes -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Racism -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Kramer, Stanley.
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Young, Nedrick.
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Smith, Harold Jacob, 1912-1970.
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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
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Poitier, Sidney.
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Bikel, Theodore.
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McGraw, Charles, 1914-1980.
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Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973.
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Donovan, King.
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Akins, Claude, 1918-1994.
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Dobkin, Lawrence.
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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, 1906-1963.
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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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