11th Writers Guild of America Awards

• Gigi, Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner; Based on the novella by Colette
  • Damn Yankees, Screenplay by George Abbott; Based on the book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop
  • The Girl Most Likely, Screenplay by Devery Freeman
  • South Pacific, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener
  • Tom Thumb, Screenplay by Ladislas Fodor; Based on a story of the Brothers Grimm

• The Defiant Ones, Screenplay by Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • I Want to Live!, Screenplay by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz
  • The Long, Hot Summer, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the novel "The Hamlet" by William Faukner
  • Separate Tables, Screenplay by Terence Rattigan and John Gay; Based on the play by Terence Rattigan

• Me and the Colonel, Screenplay by S.N. Behrman and George Froeschel; Based on the play by Franz Werfel
  • Houseboat, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose
  • Indiscreet, Screenplay by Norman Krasna; Based on the play
  • The Reluctant Debutante, Screenplay by William Douglas-Home and Julius J. Epstein
  • Teacher's Pet, Screenplay by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin

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