Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) was an American screenwriter. He received two Academy Awards for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Coming Home (1978).
Bob Lee Swagger, a former Navy sniper, thought he had left his old profession behind. Despite having hidden in the mountains, Colonel Isaac Johnson, a retired officer, manages to find him and convinces him that his country needs him.