1950 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

A Letter to Three Wives

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

A letter is addressed to three wives from their “best friend” Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands…but she does not say which one.

All the King’s Men

Robert Rossen

Bicycle Thieves

Cesare Zavattini

Champion

Carl Foreman

The Fallen Idol

Graham Greene