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British Academy Film Awards

14th edition

  • March 1, 1961
  • United Kingdom

The 14th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1961, honoured the best films of 1960.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Apartment — Winner
The Angry Silence — —
Inherit the Wind — —
Let's Make Love — —
Elmer Gantry — —
Shadows — —
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — —
Spartacus — —
Tunes of Glory — —
The Trials of Oscar Wilde — —
La Dolce Vita — —
Hiroshima Mon Amour — —
Black Orpheus — —
Never on Sunday — —
Testament of Orpheus — —
The 400 Blows — —
L'Avventura — —
Outstanding British Film
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Winner
The Angry Silence — —
The Trials of Oscar Wilde — —
Tunes of Glory — —
Best Foreign Actor
The Apartment Jack Lemmon Winner
Crime and Punishment USA George Hamilton —
Elmer Gantry Burt Lancaster —
Inherit the Wind Fredric March —
Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy —
Let's Make Love Yves Montand —
Best Foreign Actress
The Apartment Shirley MacLaine Winner
The Angry Silence Pier Angeli —
L'Avventura Monica Vitti —
Elmer Gantry Jean Simmons —
Hiroshima Mon Amour Emmanuelle Riva —
Never on Sunday Melina Mercouri —
Best British Actor
The Trials of Oscar Wilde Peter Finch Winner
The Trials of Oscar Wilde John Fraser —
The Angry Silence Richard Attenborough —
The Entertainer Laurence Olivier —
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Albert Finney —
Tunes of Glory Alec Guinness —
Tunes of Glory John Mills —
Best British Actress
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Rachel Roberts Winner
Pollyanna Hayley Mills —
Sons and Lovers Wendy Hiller —
Best British Screenplay
The Angry Silence Bryan Forbes Winner

The Apartment

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • The Apartment 3
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The Angry Silence 5
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 4
  • The Trials of Oscar Wilde 4
  • Tunes of Glory 4
  • The Apartment 3
  • Elmer Gantry 3
  • Inherit the Wind 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Angry Silence 1 / 5
  • Tunes of Glory 0 / 4
  • The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1 / 4
  • Elmer Gantry 0 / 3
  • Inherit the Wind 0 / 3
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 2 / 4

Only one nomination

10 movies:
  • The 400 Blows
  • Black Orpheus
  • Crime and Punishment USA
  • La Dolce Vita
  • The Entertainer
  • Pollyanna
  • Shadows
  • Sons and Lovers
  • Spartacus
  • Testament of Orpheus

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