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Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier
Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel
Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw
Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr.
Big Sam
King Donovan
Solly
Claude Akins
Mack
Lawrence Dobkin
Editor
Whit Bissell
Lou Gans
Carl Switzer
Angus
Kevin Coughlin
Billy
Cara Williams
Billy's mother
Ned Glass
Doctor
Nedrick Young
Prison Guard
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Aug 10 2023
"Joker" (Tony Curtis) and "Cullen" (Sidney Poitier) are chained together on a prison bus when it has an accident. Seeing a chance, and despite the fact that they pretty much loathe each other, they abscond and plan to jump a train to escape. As they flee, they gradually learn to respect - even like - each other before arriving at a smallholding where they befriend the woman (Cara Williams) who lives there with her young son "Billy" (Kevin Coughlin). After a few days, it becomes clear that she and "Joker" have taken a bit of a shine to each other, and so she concocts a plan to drive the now sepa...
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Keywords
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- swamp
- bias
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