<P> Carl Foreman was the initial screenwriter , but Lean replaced him with Michael Wilson . Both writers had to work in secret , as they were on the Hollywood blacklist and had fled to England in order to continue working . As a result , Boulle , who did not speak English , was credited and received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ; many years later , Foreman and Wilson posthumously received the Academy Award . </P>
who wrote the bridge on the river kwai
Carl Foreman Michael Wilson