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| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1961 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actor in a Leading Role Burt Lancaster |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Shirley Jones |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Richard Brooks |
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| Nominated | Oscar |
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture André Previn |
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Best Picture Bernard Smith |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film from any Source Richard Brooks USA. |
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Best Foreign Actor Burt Lancaster USA. |
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Best Foreign Actress Jean Simmons USA. |
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| Directors Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Nominated | DGA Award |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Richard Brooks |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama Burt Lancaster |
| Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama Jean Simmons |
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Best Motion Picture Director Richard Brooks |
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Best Supporting Actress Shirley Jones |
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| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | Golden Laurel |
Top Drama |
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Top Female Supporting Performance Shirley Jones |
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Top Male Dramatic Performance Burt Lancaster |
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| 3rd place | Golden Laurel |
Female Dramatic Performance Jean Simmons |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Supporting Actress Shirley Jones |
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Top Ten Films |
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| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1960 | Won | NYFCC Award |
Best Actor Burt Lancaster |
| Writers Guild of America, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1961 | Won | WGA Award (Screen) |
Best Written American Drama Richard Brooks |
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