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British Academy Film Awards

10th edition

  • March 1, 1957
  • United Kingdom

The 10th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1957, honoured the best films of 1956.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Gervaise — Winner
Friends for Life — —
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 — —
The Grasshopper — —
Reach for the Sky — —
Rebel Without a Cause — —
Smiles of a Summer Night — —
A Town Like Alice — —
The Trouble with Harry — —
War and Peace — —
Outstanding British Film
Reach for the Sky — Winner
The Man Who Never Was — —
The Battle of the River Plate — —
A Town Like Alice — —
Yield to the Night — —
Best British Actor
A Town Like Alice Peter Finch Winner
The Long Arm Jack Hawkins —
Reach for the Sky Kenneth More —
Best British Actress
A Town Like Alice Virginia McKenna Winner
Reach for the Sky Dorothy Alison —
War and Peace Audrey Hepburn —
Best Foreign Actor
Gervaise Francois Perier Winner
Baby Doll Karl Malden —
The Unfrocked One Pierre Fresnay —
The Man with the Golden Arm Frank Sinatra —
The Mountain Spencer Tracy —
Picnic William Holden —
Rebel Without a Cause James Dean —
Smiles of a Summer Night Gunnar Bjornstrand —
Best Foreign Actress
The Rose Tattoo Anna Magnani Winner
The Rose Tattoo Marisa Pavan —
Baby Doll Carroll Baker —
Bhowani Junction Ava Gardner —
Gervaise Maria Schell —
Guys and Dolls Jean Simmons —
I'll Cry Tomorrow Susan Hayward —
Picnic Kim Novak —
Smiles of a Summer Night Eva Dahlbeck —
The Trouble with Harry Shirley MacLaine —
Best British Screenplay
The Man Who Never Was Nigel Balchin Winner
Best Animated Film
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo — Winner
Calling All Salesmen — —
Christopher Crumpet's Playmate — —
The History of the Cinema — —
The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy — —
Love and the Zeppelin — —
Rythmetic — —
Special Award
The Red Balloon — Winner
On the Twelfth Day... — —
Underwater Symphony — —
The Door in the Wall — —
Man in Space — —

Gervaise

Reach for the Sky
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Gervaise 2
  • A Town Like Alice 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Reach for the Sky 4
  • A Town Like Alice 4
  • Baby Doll 3
  • Gervaise 3
  • The Man Who Never Was 3
  • Picnic 3
  • Smiles of a Summer Night 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Reach for the Sky 1 / 4
  • Baby Doll 0 / 3
  • Picnic 0 / 3
  • Smiles of a Summer Night 0 / 3
  • A Town Like Alice 2 / 4
  • The Man Who Never Was 1 / 3

Only one nomination

21 movies:
  • Bhowani Junction
  • Calling All Salesmen
  • Christopher Crumpet's Playmate
  • The Door in the Wall
  • Friends for Life
  • Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo
  • The Grasshopper
  • The History of the Cinema
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy
  • The Killing
  • The Long Arm
  • Love and the Zeppelin
  • Man in Space
  • The Mountain
  • On the Twelfth Day...
  • The Red Balloon
  • Rythmetic
  • Shadow
  • Underwater Symphony
  • Yield to the Night

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