John "Joker" Jackson

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John "Joker" Jackson is a white convict who, chained to a Black prisoner during an escape in the 1958 film *The Defiant Ones*, gradually overcomes his racial prejudice as they struggle to survive together.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
appearsIn The Defiant Ones NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre drama film
prison film
road movie
chainedTo Noah Cullen NERFINISHED
characterArc gradually overcomes racial prejudice
conflict internal struggle with prejudice
coProtagonistWith Noah Cullen NERFINISHED
createdFor The Defiant Ones NERFINISHED
filmDirector Stanley Kramer NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 1958
firstAppearanceYear 1958
gender male
initialAttitude racially prejudiced
linkedBy chain
medium film
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInFiction American
occupation convict
portrayedBy Tony Curtis NERFINISHED
race white
relationshipWith develops mutual respect with Noah Cullen
setting American South NERFINISHED
situation escaped prisoner
themeAssociation interracial friendship
race relations
redemption
survival

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The Defiant Ones character John "Joker" Jackson