1959 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

Gigi

Alan Jay Lerner

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Richard Brooks

I Want to Live!

Nelson Gidding

Separate Tables

Terence Rattigan

The Horse’s Mouth

Alec Guinness