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- DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.BEST PICTURE
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
12 Angry Men
Paths of Glory
Witness for the Prosecution
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Sayonara
The Three Faces of Eve
Funny Face - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.BEST DIRECTOR
Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Akira Kurosawa - Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men
David Lean - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Stanley Kubrick - Paths of Glory
Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.BEST ACTOR
Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution
Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men
Toshirô Mifune - Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Max von Sydow - The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Kirk Douglas - Paths of Glory - DirectorNunnally JohnsonStarsJoanne WoodwardDavid WayneLee J. CobbA doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.BEST ACTRESS
Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve
Elizabeth Taylor - Raintree County
Deborah Kerr - Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Audrey Hepburn - Funny Face - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lee J. Cobb - 12 Angry Men
Sessue Hayakawa - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Red Buttons - Sayonara
Bengt Ekerot - The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Jack Hawkins - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Joe Turkel - Paths of Glory - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Isuzu Yamada - Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Elsa Lancaster - Witness for the Prosecution
Bibi Andersson - The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Miyoshi Umeki - Sayonara
Kay Kendall - Les Girls
Kay Thompson - Funny Face - DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.BEST CASTING
Witness for the Prosecution
Sayonara
The Bridge on the River Kwai
12 Angry Men
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Paths of Glory - DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Funny Face - DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Paths of Glory - DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Funny Face
Raintree County
Les Girls
Sayonara
Pal Joey
The Bridge on the River Kwai - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.BEST EDITING
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
Sayonara
Pal Joey
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Paths of Glory
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
12 Angry Men
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Sayonara - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Les Girls
Pal Joey
Sayonara
Raintree County
Funny Face
Paths of Glory - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Les Girls
Funny Face
Raintree County
Pal Joey
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Sayonara - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)
Les Girls
Funny Face
Paths of Glory - DirectorJoshua LoganStarsMarlon BrandoRicardo MontalbanPatricia OwensA US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Sayonara
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.BEST SCORE
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Les Girls
Sayonara
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Raintree County
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsRita HayworthFrank SinatraKim NovakJoey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Pal Joey
Funny Face - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.BEST SONG
Les Girls - "Les Girls"
Raintree County - "The Song of Raintree County"
Funny Face - "Think Pink!" - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsGene KellyMitzi GaynorKay KendallThe former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Les Girls
Pal Joey
Funny Face - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.BEST SOUND
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
Sayonara
Pal Joey
Les Girls
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô) - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe MenjouAfter a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.BEST SOUND EDITING
Paths of Glory
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Sayonara - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.BEST STUNTS
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
Paths of Glory
The Bridge on the River Kwai - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.BEST FOREIGN FILM
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô)
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet)