 Screenwriters Michael Wilson (I) (qv) and Carl Foreman (qv) were  on the blacklist of people with accused Communist ties at the time  the film was made, and went uncredited. The sole writing credit, and  therefore the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, went to  Pierre Boulle (qv), who wrote the original French novel but did  not speak English. Clearly Pierre had not written the English script  and this became a long