Another great "social issue film" from Kramer, who weaves the commentary on racial relations into a great chase film. Two wonderful leads and tight pacing means there's little to complain about here.

Pretty good light entertainment movie with a very simple premise, few characters, action, and nice interplay between the leads. It's none too subtle in its message or means, but having Poitier and Curtis sharing the screen for the majority of the movie guarantees a good time. The sheriff's scenes are fun too, which makes up for the fact that the plot feels thrown together a little roughly and haphazardly, and lacks any build-up of tension whatsoever.

This pre-make of the Stephen Baldwin masterpiece "Fled" is a topical potboiler that nonetheless exudes a maniacal gravitas buoyed along by Sidney Poitier (rhymes with "pointy gay"), the man who once fought bears with Tom Berenger,

Lean, gripping thriller: two convicts (one black, one white) escape and must overcome their mutual dislike and seek safe haven--while chained together. As the cons, Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier are excellent; Theodore Bikel (the pursuing sheriff) and Cara Williams (a tragically lonely farm wife) provide strong support, as does Lon Chaney Jr. in a small but vital role. Starkly effective Oscar-winning script and cinematography; one of Stanley Kramer's best and least preachy films as a director.

I did not like the ending but overall it is a quality film. A great performance by Sidney Poitier, he really stands out in this film.

Good performances from Curtis, Poitier, and Williams. The action drags a bit at times, but a solid movie overall.

Won't blow you away but it passes the time. I didn't find it preachy as I've heard it discussed among others either, if anything they didn't say enough - almost too safe. That said, the ending was shocking, really couldn't predict that coming and it was a welcome change from what usually happens in these types of stories. It just sucks they had to use such a contrived scene to get them there. The acting isn't anything special but doesn't distract you from the film. Not great, not bad, decent.

for being pretty early on in the civil rights movement this movie tries pretty hard not to make any waves. aside from being very guarded on it's message it still provides some fine entertainment. poitier and curtis bring to life some pretty multidimensional characters, the script is great, and kramer handles the reigns just as well as usual.

This doesn't feel like the South, not with Bronx-born Curtis as a fugitive cracker, a passel of NYC boys as the posse, Iowan McGraw as the head of the state police, and Austrian-born Bikel as the sheriff. When the preaching stops, when the movie gives us action or develops the plot, it works. But preaching takes up much of the movie. Curtis is okay if you ignore his accent, Poitier is excellent, there is good support from Lon Chaney and Claude Akins, and the downbeat ending is effective.

Racism is of course a very bad thing but this movie is so heavy-handed you actually feel kind of embarrassed to be watching it. Fortunately Lon Chaney Jr. is great

Good film.

When films are this good, it's a lot easier to name what's wrong with them than what's right. But watching this film made me wish that filmmakers now possessed the idealism that used to be more common.

Good Movie