Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1961
33rd Academy Awards · held April 17, 1961 · 5 nominees
- Winner Elmer Gantry · Richard Brooks
- Nominee Inherit the Wind · Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young
- Nominee Sons and Lovers · Gavin Lambert, T. E. B. Clarke
- Nominee The Sundowners · Isobel Lennart
- Nominee Tunes of Glory · James Kennaway