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Auction History Result 9f0335 DEFIANT ONES Russian 20x31 1965 escaped cons Tony Curtis & Poitier by Zelenski, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/6/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1965 (from the first release of this movie in Russia) Vintage Theatrical Folded Russian Movie Poster (measures 19 1/2" x 31 1/4" [50 x 79 cm]) (Learn More) The Defiant Ones, the 1958 Stanley Kramer (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) prison escape race relations crime thriller ("One of the great ones!"; "In the stinking swamp they were animals ...in the woman's lonely cabin they were men ...in a powerful motion picture they are."; "He watched them -- and listened for the dogs!"'; "'Call me that name again, white man, and I'll kill you!'"; "A SHOCKER! Two chained fugitives - desperately trying to escape from the law - and each other!"; "Written by Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Tony Curtis (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Sidney Poitier (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film), Theodore Bikel (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Charles McGraw, Lon Chaney Jr., King Donovan, Kevin Coughlin, and Cara Williams (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film). Note that Tony Curtis, in his autobiography, said that the producers of the movie said that he was "too good looking" to portray the "lowlife bigot" in the movie. So Curtis had the studio department create a false nose for him that would "make him look uglier"! Also, note that there is conflicting information about Robert Mitchum being first offered this role and turning it down. Some have said that it was due to prejudice on his part, but it seems far more likely that it was because he was acquainted with the prison system in the south at this time, and he knew that they would never chain a white man and a black man together, so he felt the movie's key plot twist was ludicrous, which is a shame, because he would have surely been wonderful in this part! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: B. Zelenski Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and that was in 2007! Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has a patch of slight discoloration at upper left with two small tears in that area (see our image). It has a 1 1/2" tear in the upper right edge that extends into the art of Poitier's shoulder and there is much smaller patch of slight discoloration in the upper right corner which has a small partial tear. There is a small tear at lower left and there is some small paper loss in the lower left corner. After linenbacking (at which time it is very likely much or most of the slight discoloration can be removed chemically) the very rare poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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