John 'Joker' Jackson
The Defiant Ones
9 nominations, 2 wins
Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Nominations
Noah Cullen
Sheriff Max Muller
The Woman
31st ceremony (1958)
WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Winner
NOTE: Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).