The Defiant Ones (1958)

In Stanley Kramer's social-conscience film:

• the scene of escaped, shackled-together convicts Johnny "Joker" Jackson (Tony Curtis) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier) talking together while fugitives, with Poitier bringing poignancy to his strident role (Jackson: "I'm just tellin' you the facts of life" Cullen: "I don't wanna hear it. I've been listenin' to that stuff all my life. From my wife: 'Be nice.' They throwed me in solitary confinement and she said: 'Be nice.' A man shortweight'd me when I turned in my crops. She'd say: 'Be nice, or you get in trouble.' She'd teach my kid that same damn thing")
• the classic image of the clapsed white and black hands of the two desperately trying to help each other board a speeding train - Cullen reached back to pull Jackson up, but couldn't save him and sacrificed his own freedom by jumping off

Race for the Train

• in the conclusion, Noah's singing of the blues song "Long Gone" - with the wounded Jackson lying in his arms, before the two were apprehended by Sheriff Max Muller (Theodore Bikel)