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Sep 11, 2019

Kevin welcomes back Next Best Picture contributor Josh Parham to talk about Stanley Kramer's crime drama 'The Defiant Ones,' the likely runner-up in the 1958 Oscar race that lost to 'Gigi.'   

0:00 - 1:15 - Introduction

1:16 - 34:30 - 'The Defiant Ones' review 

34:31 - 51:42 - Why 'The Defiant Ones' lost Best Picture

51:43 - 1:32:05 - Shoulda been a contender

1:32:06 - 1:40:50 - Did 'The Defiant Ones' deserve to win?

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