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Which writer adapted Leon Uris's novel Exodus for the screen?
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Otto Preminger
Film director Otto Preminger, 1976.
The screenplay for the 1960 film adaptation of Leon Uris's novel Exodus was written by Dalton Trumbo.123
Although Leon Uris initially worked on the screenplay for the film, he was replaced by Trumbo during the production process.1