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British Academy Film Awards

15th edition

  • March 1, 1962
  • United Kingdom

The 15th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1962, honoured the best films of 1961.[1]

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Ballad of a Soldier — Winner
The Hustler — Winner
Apur Sansar — —
Le Trou — —
The Innocents — —
Judgment at Nuremberg — —
The Long and the Short and the Tall — —
Rocco and His Brothers — —
The Sundowners — —
A Taste of Honey — —
Whistle Down the Wind — —
Outstanding British Film
A Taste of Honey — Winner
The Innocents — —
The Long and the Short and the Tall — —
The Sundowners — —
Whistle Down the Wind — —
Best British Actor
No Love for Johnnie Peter Finch Winner
Victim Dirk Bogarde —
Best British Actress
A Taste of Honey Dora Bryan Winner
The Sundowners Deborah Kerr —
Whistle Down the Wind Hayley Mills —
Best Foreign Actor
The Hustler Paul Newman Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg Montgomery Clift —
Ballad of a Soldier Vladimir Ivashov —
Le Trou Philippe Leroy —
A Raisin in the Sun Sidney Poitier —
Judgment at Nuremberg Maximilian Schell —
The Best of Enemies Alberto Sordi —
Best Foreign Actress
Two Women Sophia Loren Winner
Rocco and His Brothers Annie Girardot —
The Hustler Piper Laurie —
A Raisin in the Sun Claudia McNeil —
Breathless Jean Seberg —
Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
A Taste of Honey Rita Tushingham Winner
The Rebel Anthony Hancock —
A Taste of Honey Murray Melvin —
Best British Screenplay
The Day the Earth Caught Fire Wolf Mankowitz, Val Guest Winner
A Taste of Honey Tony Richardson, Shelagh Delaney Winner
Flame in the Streets Ted Willis —
The Guns of Navarone Carl Foreman —
Victim Janet Green, John McCormick —
Whistle Down the Wind Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall —
Best Animated Film
One Hundred and One Dalmatians — Winner
The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit — —
For Better, For Worse — —
United Nations Award
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel — Winner
The Best of Enemies — —
Take a Giant Step — —

Ballad of a Soldier

The Hustler

A Taste of Honey
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • A Taste of Honey 4
  • The Hustler 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • A Taste of Honey 6
  • Whistle Down the Wind 4
  • The Hustler 3
  • Judgment at Nuremberg 3
  • The Sundowners 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Whistle Down the Wind 0 / 4
  • Judgment at Nuremberg 0 / 3
  • The Sundowners 0 / 3
  • A Taste of Honey 4 / 6

Only one nomination

13 movies:
  • Apur Sansar
  • Breathless
  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire
  • The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
  • Flame in the Streets
  • For Better, For Worse
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
  • No Love for Johnnie
  • One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • The Rebel
  • Take a Giant Step
  • Two Women

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