1942 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Sidney Buchman

Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.

Hold Back the Dawn

Charles Brackett

How Green Was My Valley

Philip Dunne

The Little Foxes

Lillian Hellman

The Maltese Falcon

John Huston