| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1956 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jack Lemmon |
| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Picture Leland Hayward |
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Best Sound, Recording William A. Mueller (Warner Bros.) |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1956 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Foreign Actor Jack Lemmon USA. |
| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1956 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures John Ford Mervyn LeRoy |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1955 | Won | NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1956 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Comedy Frank S. Nugent Joshua Logan |
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