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Who wrote the screenplay for the film "A Walk on the Wild Side"?

  • Dashiell Hammett

  • Ernest Hemingway

  • Tennessee Williams

  • John Fante

Answer

The screenplay for "A Walk on the Wild Side" was written by John Fante, based on his 1952 novel of the same name. Fante's screenplay stays true to the novel's themes of love, loss, and the search for self-discovery, while capturing the essence of 1950s America.
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