 The original writer, Dalton Trumbo (qv), was blacklisted as one of  the legendary Hollywood Ten, and therefore could not receive credit  for the screenplay, even when it won the Academy Award for Best  Screenplay. Instead, his friend, Ian McLellan Hunter (qv), took  credit for the story and accepted the Oscar. Trumbos wife, Cleo,  was finally presented with the award in 1993, long after his death  in 1976. The Oscar she received was actually a second one, because  Hunters son wouldnt give up his fathers Oscar. Thus, two awards  for Best Screenplay of 1953 exist. The story credit was corrected to  credit Trumbo when the restored edition was released in 2002, nearly  fifty years after the original release.