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British Academy Awards: 1955

BAFTA Film Award

Best Film from any Source


Winner:
	Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) - France.
Other Nominees:
	Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, Las (1954) - Mexico. Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - USA. Carrington, V.C. (1955) Divided Heart, The (1954) Doctor in the House (1954) Executive Suite (1954) - USA. For Better, for Worse (1954) Hobson's Choice (1954) How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) - USA. Jigokumon (1953) - Japan. Maggie, The (1954) Moon Is Blue, The (1953) - USA. On the Waterfront (1954) - USA. Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) - Italy. Purple Plain, The (1954) Rear Window (1954) - USA. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - USA. Romeo and Juliet (1954) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) - USA.

Best Foreign Actor


Winner:
	On the Waterfront (1954) - Marlon Brando - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Caine Mutiny, The (1954) - José Ferrer - USA. Executive Suite (1954) - Fredric March - USA. Glenn Miller Story, The (1953) - James Stewart - USA. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - Neville Brand - USA.

Best British Actor


Winner:
	Doctor in the House (1954) - Kenneth More
Other Nominees:
	Carrington, V.C. (1955) - David Niven Hobson's Choice (1954) - John Mills (I) Lease of Life (1954) - Robert Donat Purple Plain, The (1954) - Maurice Denham Svengali (1955) - Donald Wolfit

Best British Actress


Winner:
	Divided Heart, The (1954) - Yvonne Mitchell
Other Nominees:
	Carrington, V.C. (1955) - Margaret Leighton Carrington, V.C. (1955) - Noelle Middleton Hobson's Choice (1954) - Brenda De Banzie Sabrina (1954) - Audrey Hepburn - USA.

Best Foreign Actress


Winner:
	Divided Heart, The (1954) - Cornell Borchers
Other Nominees:
	About Mrs. Leslie (1954) - Shirley Booth - USA. Dial M for Murder (1954) - Grace Kelly Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) - Gina Lollobrigida - Italy. Phffft! (1954) - Judy Holliday - USA.

Best British Screenplay


Winner:
	Young Lovers, The (1954) - George Tabori; Robin Estridge
Other Nominees:
	Divided Heart, The (1954) - Jack Whittingham Doctor in the House (1954) - Nicholas Phipps Hobson's Choice (1954) - David Lean; Norman Spencer (I); Wynyard Browne Maggie, The (1954) - William Rose (I) Monsieur Ripois (1954) - Hugh Mills; René Clément Purple Plain, The (1954) - Eric Ambler Romeo and Juliet (1954) - Renato Castellani

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Stora äventyret, Det (1953) - Sweden.
Other Nominees:
	3-2-1-zero (1954) - USA. Back of Beyond (1954) - Australia. Lekko! (1954) - Holland. Thursday's Children (1954)

Best Animated Film


Winner:
	Song of the Prairie (1954) - Czechoslovakia.
Other Nominees:
	Little Brave Heart (1954) - Soviet Union. Power to Fly (1954) Unicorn in the Garden, A (1953) - USA.

Best British Film


Winner:
	Hobson's Choice (1954)
Other Nominees:
	Carrington, V.C. (1955) Divided Heart, The (1954) Doctor in the House (1954) For Better, for Worse (1954) Maggie, The (1954) Purple Plain, The (1954) Romeo and Juliet (1954)

Most Promising Newcomer


Winner:
	Young Lovers, The (1954) - David Kossoff
Other Nominees:
	Moon Is Blue, The (1953) - Maggie McNamara - USA. On the Waterfront (1954) - Eva Marie Saint - USA.

UN Award


Winner:
	Divided Heart, The (1954)
Other Nominees:
	Time Out of War, A (1954) - USA.

Special Award


Winner:
	Time Out of War, A (1954) - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Axel Petersen (1954) - Sweden. Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci, The (1954) Living Desert, The (1953) - USA. Origin of Coal, The (1954) Powered Flight: The Story of the Century (1953)