Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis star as a pair of chain gang escapees who are on the run while literally shackled to one another. In this often-imitated noir-tinged drama, the pair must quickly learn to work together as they are pursued by the law, a lynch mob, and more in their bid for freedom.

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