Retro Cinema: The Defiant Ones (1958)

DVAA and Bar Veloce are excited to announce the new season of Retro Cinema at the Tusten Theatre. The monthly series of Thursday Night flicks begins on July 3, and runs through mid-November. 

Tickets are $15 and include a complimentary beverage. 
Box office/concession opens 30 minutes before showtime. 

Nominated for eight Academy Awards – including Best Picture and Best Actor for both Poitier and Curtis – The Defiant Ones stars Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis as two escaped prisoners in the American South who are shackled together and must cooperate to survive. Director Stanley Kramer was a liberal movie icon, making many of Hollywood’s most famous “message films,” including Inherit the Wind. The Defiant Ones premiered at the 8^th Berlin International Film Festival, where Poitier took home the Silver Bear for Best Actor. At the time, Variety wrote, “The theme of The Defiant Ones is that what keeps men apart is their lack of knowledge of one another… The performances by Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier are virtually flawless.”