10th British Academy Film Awards
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10th British Academy Film Awards | |
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Date | 1957 |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Gervaise |
Best British Film | Reach for the Sky |
Most awards | Gervaise, & A Town Like Alice (2) |
Most nominations | Reach for the Sky, & A Town Like Alice (5) |
The 10th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1957, honoured the best films of 1956.
Winners and nominees[]
Best Film[]
- Amici per la pelle
- Baby Doll
- The Battle of the River Plate
- Shadow
- The Unfrocked One
- Guys and Dolls
- The Killing
- The Man Who Never Was
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- Picnic
- Reach for the Sky
- Rebel Without a Cause
- Smiles of a Summer Night
- A Town Like Alice
- The Trouble with Harry
- War and Peace
- Yield to the Night
Best British Film[]
Reach for the Sky
- The Man Who Never Was
- The Battle of the River Plate
- A Town Like Alice
- Yield to the Night
Best Foreign Actor[]
Francois Perier in Gervaise
- Karl Malden in Baby Doll
- Pierre Fresnay in The Unfrocked One
- Frank Sinatra in The Man with the Golden Arm
- Spencer Tracy in The Mountain
- William Holden in Picnic
- James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
- Gunnar Bjornstrand in Smiles of a Summer Night
Best British Actor[]
Peter Finch in A Town Like Alice
- Jack Hawkins in The Long Arm
- Kenneth More in Reach for the Sky
Best British Actress[]
Virginia McKenna in A Town Like Alice
- Dorothy Alison in Reach for the Sky
- Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace
Best Foreign Actress[]
Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo
- Carroll Baker in Baby Doll
- Ava Gardner in Bhowani Junction
- Maria Schell in Gervaise
- Jean Simmons in Guys and Dolls
- Susan Hayward in I'll Cry Tomorrow
- Kim Novak in Picnic
- Marisa Pavan in The Rose Tattoo
- Eva Dahlbeck in Smiles of a Summer Night
- Shirley MacLaine in The Trouble with Harry
Best British Screenplay[]
Categories:
- British Academy Film Awards
- 1956 film awards
- 1957 in British cinema