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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1940 | Won | Oscar |
Best Writing, Original Story Lewis R. Foster |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role James Stewart |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Harry Carey |
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Claude Rains |
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Best Art Direction Lionel Banks |
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Best Director Frank Capra |
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Best Film Editing Gene Havlick Al Clark |
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Best Music, Scoring Dimitri Tiomkin |
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Best Picture (Columbia). |
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Best Sound, Recording John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD) |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Sidney Buchman |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1939 | Won | NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1989 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1939 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor James Stewart |
| 3rd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Film |
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