Awards and Nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Film or series |
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| 1949 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Award | The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene) | Cry of the City |
| 1951 | Nominated | The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene) | Panic in the Streets | |
| Nominated | Best Written American Drama | Panic in the Streets | ||
| 1952 | Nominated | Best Written American Comedy | You're in the Navy Now | |
| 1960 | Nominated | Best Written American Drama | Compulsion | |
| 1970 | Won | Valentine Davies Award |
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| 1948 | Nominated | Academy Award | Best Writing, Screenplay | Boomerang! |
| 1954 | Nominated | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay | The Desert Rats |
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