Claim: An American was the scriptwriter for The Beguiled.
Evidence: The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 Southern Gothic novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan , originally titled A Painted Devil.
Albert Maltz -LRB- October 28 , 1908 -- April 26 , 1985 -RRB- was an American playwright , fiction writer and screenwriter.