claim: An American was the scriptwriter for The Beguiled.
evidence: Albert Maltz -LRB- October 28 , 1908 -- April 26 , 1985 -RRB- was an American playwright , fiction writer and screenwriter .. screenwriter. screenwriter. He was one of the Hollywood Ten who were jailed in 1950 for their 1947 refusal to testify before the US Congress about their involvement with the US Communist Party .. Hollywood Ten. Hollywood blacklist#The Hollywood Ten and other 1947 blacklistees. US Communist Party. US Communist Party. They and many other US entertainment industry figures were subsequently blacklisted , which denied Maltz employment in the industry for many years .. blacklisted. Hollywood blacklist