He was pleased o greet her: "I always believed I couldn""t be the only one in the world," and was happy that she was "different" like him.The screenplay, written by screenwriter Robert Riskin, was derived from a 1939 film treatment, titledThe Life and Death of John Doe, written by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell (the recipients of the film""s sole Academy Awards nomination for Best Original Story).For weeks, another young Korean War vet in the platoon, former black Corporal Al Melvin (James Edwards) has also been experiencing similar dreams of his confinement in the enemy""s camp.Spivey: It said you""ve been belligerent, talked when unauthorized, been resentful in attitude toward work in general, hat you""re lazy.