tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post8181297634319869753..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 333. The Defiant OnesAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-54486695640335150632019-12-06T21:09:10.211-08:002019-12-06T21:09:10.211-08:00Great film, two great performances, Tony Curtis is...Great film, two great performances, Tony Curtis is making a late bid for my Best Actor pick of the 50s.<br /><br />Could your problem with Sidney Poitier be that he was always cast in the role of The Black Man in worthy films because regular lead roles weren't really open to him at that time?<br /><br />I'm wondering if the ending might have been different if the production code didn't insist that bad guys (in this case escaped convicts, however much we may sympathise with them) never got away with it?Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-23977013230178978442017-07-24T08:35:30.206-07:002017-07-24T08:35:30.206-07:00Yeah it's strange that it is so hard to find!Yeah it's strange that it is so hard to find!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-61324638113206352462017-07-20T23:10:35.240-07:002017-07-20T23:10:35.240-07:00Sometimes, I suppose, you need to throw the messag...Sometimes, I suppose, you need to throw the message in the face of the audience. Earlier films touching on racism has been too afraid of the subject to really matter. This one goes all out and does it beautifully.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com