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For which film did Lumet receive an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay?

  • Murder on the Orient Express

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  • Prince of the City

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Answer

"Prince of the City" earned Lumet an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film, released in 1981, is a crime drama that explores the corruption within the New York City Police Department. It stars Treat Williams as a police officer who becomes entangled in a web of corruption as he investigates a fellow officer's murder.
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