#27: He Returns to Open Screenwriting in the 1960s with Films Like Lonely Are the Brave and The Fixer
Following the break in the blacklist, he resumed working openly in Hollywood throughout the 1960s. He contributed to films such as Lonely Are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas, and The Sandpiper (1965), featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
He later wrote The Fixer (1968), which earned critical recognition and Academy Award nominations. This period marked a full professional reintegration, as he moved from hidden work back to public authorship. His later career showed that he could successfully rebuild his reputation after years of exclusion.