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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1952 | Won | Oscar |
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White William C. Mellor |
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Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Edith Head |
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Best Director George Stevens |
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Best Film Editing William Hornbeck |
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Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Franz Waxman |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Michael Wilson Harry Brown |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Montgomery Clift |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role Shelley Winters |
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Best Picture George Stevens |
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| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1951 | Nominated | Grand Prize of the Festival |
George Stevens
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1952 | Won | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures George Stevens Charles C. Coleman (assistant director) (plaque) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1952 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Cinematography - Black and White William C. Mellor |
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Best Director George Stevens |
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Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama Shelley Winters |
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| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1952 | Won | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) George Stevens |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1951 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Film |
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Top Ten Films |
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| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Won | National Film Registry | |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1951 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best Actress Shelley Winters |
| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Won | PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures | |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1952 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama Michael Wilson Harry Brown |
| Nominated | WGA Award (Screen) |
The Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene) Michael Wilson Harry Brown |
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