1958 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Pierre Boulle

British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies’ plans to destroy it.

12 Angry Men

Reginald Rose

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

John Lee Mahin

Peyton Place

John Michael Hayes

Sayonara

Paul Osborn