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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

The Warmth Of Play In Erbil s Cold And Fog

Despite harsh winter weather marked by severe cold and dense, heavy fog, daily life and the human spirit persist in the bustling, densely populated neighborhoods of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on December 15, 2025, where the day’s most striking visual scenes center on groups of local children dressed in simple, heavy winter clothing who continue to play, laugh and engage in carefree games with unrestrained joy, undeterred by the challenging climate, as their presence and defiant play capture the warmth, resilience and continuity of life amid the cold and shadow of the urban environment. Photo by Sabur Rashid Othman/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran Marks 1979 US Embassy Seizure - Tehran

Iran Marks 1979 US Embassy Seizure - Tehran

A protester holds a poster depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump, shown in a defiant pose, during the rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 3, 2024. This gathering marks the 45th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, which began in 1979 when Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy and held fifty-two embassy staff captive for 444 days. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest in Turkey

Protest in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Antigovernment protesters stand defiant as police fire water cannon near the entrance of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 15, 2013. Police stormed the adjoining Gezi Park the same day and drove away the demonstrators.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passing by JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo picks up a copy of an extra reporting on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. The headline reads: Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to visit the shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war in 21 years.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors crowd the premises of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors wave flags as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is driven off after visiting Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) walks to the exit after visiting Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi puts on his shoes after paying homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is about to leave Yasukuni Shrine after paying homage there on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi alights from his car to pay homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi honored his five-year-old campaign pledge to go there on the Aug. 15 anniversary before stepping down as premier in September.

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Chinese government predicts end of Falun Gong near

Chinese government predicts end of Falun Gong near

BEIJING, China - Journalists invited to a news conference view a video film featuring the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement at the People's Great Hall in Beijing on Nov. 4. The Chinese government said the end of the movement is near, while admitting there has been a recent influx of quietly defiant believers to Beijing.

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi alights from his car to pay homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi honored his five-year-old campaign pledge to go there on the Aug. 15 anniversary before stepping down as premier in September. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors wave flags as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is driven off after visiting Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi puts on his shoes after paying homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from L) walks to the exit after visiting Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passing by JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo picks up a copy of an extra reporting on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. The headline reads: Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to visit the shrine in 21 years. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is about to leave Yasukuni Shrine after paying homage there on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - A woman passing by JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo picks up a copy of an extra reporting on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15. The headline reads: Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to visit the shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war in 21 years. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors crowd the premises of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

Koizumi visits Yasukuni Shrine in last defiant gesture

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) walks to the inner shrine of Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage on Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the end of World War II. Koizumi is the first prime minister in office to go to Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of the war since then Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone did so in 1985. (Kyodo)

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Comanche Moon (2008)

Comanche Moon (2008)

Karl Urban & Steve Zahn Characters: Woodrow F. Call, Gus McCrae Film: Comanche Moon (TV-Miniserie) Usa 2008, Director: Simon Wincer 08 January 2008 Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn, right) and Woodrow F. Call (Karl Urban, left) enlist with a Texas Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws to aid in the bitter struggle to protect an advancing western frontier against the defiant Comanches who are determined to defend their territory and their way of life, in COMANCHE MOON, a six-hour mini-series to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 30, Tuesday, Jan. 1 and Wednesday, Jan.2 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT each night) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Robert voets/CBS

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Comanche Moon (2008)

Comanche Moon (2008)

Val Kilmer Characters: Inish Scull Film: Comanche Moon (TV-Miniserie) Usa 2008, Director: Simon Wincer 08 January 2008 Captain Inish Scull, (Val Kilmer) a Yankee aristocrat and hero of the recently concluded Mexican War, leads a squad of Texas Rangers in the bitter struggle to protect an advancing western frontier against the defiant Comanches who are determined to defend their territory and their way of life, in COMANCHE MOON, a six-hour mini-series to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 30, Tuesday, Jan. 1 and Wednesday, Jan.2 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT each night) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Robert voets/CBS

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Comanche Moon (2008)

Comanche Moon (2008)

Steve Zahn & Karl Urban Characters: Gus McCrae, Woodrow F. Call Film: Comanche Moon (TV-Miniserie) Usa 2008, Director: Simon Wincer 08 January 2008 Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn, left) and Woodrow F. Call (Karl Urban, right) enlist with a Texas Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws to aid in the bitter struggle to protect an advancing western frontier against the defiant Comanches who are determined to defend their territory and their way of life, in COMANCHE MOON, a six-hour mini-series to be broadcast Sunday, Dec. 30, Tuesday, Jan. 1 and Wednesday, Jan.2 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT each night) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

The U.S.S. Defiant Television: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV-SERIE) Usa 1993-1999, 03 January 1993 Date: 03 January 1993

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

Victor Maddern, Anthony Quayle & Alec Guinness Characters: Bosun Dawlish,Vizard & Captain Crawford Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1962) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S. Defiant Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1965) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

Battle Scene Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1962) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

Anthony Quayle Characters: Vizard Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1962) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

Victor Maddern, Anthony Quayle, Alec Guinness & Maurice Denham Characters: Bosun Dawlish,Vizard,Captain Crawford & Mr. Goss (Ship's Surgeon) Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1960) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

H.M.S.Defiant;Damn The Defiant - film (1962)

Alec Guinness Film: H.M.S. Defiant; Damn The Defiant (1960) Director: Lewis Gilbert 06 August 1962 Date: 06-Aug-62

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Tony Curtis Characters: John 'Joker' Jackson Film: The Defiant Ones (1958) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Date: 01-Jul-58

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier Characters: John 'Joker' Jackson & Noah Cullen Film: The Defiant Ones (1958) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Date: 01-Jul-58

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier Characters: John 'Joker' Jackson, Noah Cullen Film: The Defiant Ones (1958) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Flucht in Ketten (The Defiant Ones, USA 1958, Regie: Stanley Kramer) Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier / Strafgefangene auf der Flucht, H

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Characters: Noah Cullen & John 'Joker' Jackson Film: The Defiant Ones (1959) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Date: 01-Jul-58

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier Characters: John 'Joker' Jackson & Noah Cullen Film: The Defiant Ones (1959) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Date: 01-Jul-58

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The Defiant Ones film (1958)

The Defiant Ones film (1958)

Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Characters: Noah Cullen & John 'Joker' Jackson Film: The Defiant Ones (1958) Director: Stanley Kramer 01 July 1958 Date: 01-Jul-58

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